A Useful New Endoscopic Marking Technique for Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Early Gastric Cancer

H. Ooyanagi; K.-I. Fu; T. Ishikawa; Y. Hirahara; S. Igarashi; T. Inada

doi:10.1055/s-2004-814128

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2004; 36(1): 91
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814128

Unusual Cases and Technical Notes

A Useful New Endoscopic Marking Technique for Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Early Gastric Cancer

H. Ooyanagi¹ , K.-I. Fu¹ , T. Ishikawa¹ , Y. Hirahara¹ , S. Igarashi² , T. Inada³

¹Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging, Division of Endoscopy,
²Dept. of Pathology,
³Dept. of Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

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K.-I. Fu, M. D.

Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging, Division of Endoscopy

Tochigi Cancer Center Hospital
4-9-13 Yohnan, Utsunomiya
Tochigi 320-0834, Japan

Email: kfuu@tcc.pref.tochigi.jp