Now or later? Strategy for removing small colorectal polyps

Endoscopy 2012; 44(11): 989-990
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325732

Editorial

M. F. Kaminski

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland

²Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

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J. Regula

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland

²Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

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