Histological verification of the usefulness of magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging for horizontal margin diagnosis of differentiated-type early gastric cancers.
Makomo MakazuKingo HirasawaChiko SatoRyosuke IkedaTakehide FukuchiYasuaki IshiiRyosuke KobayashiHiroaki KanekoMasataka TaguriYoko TateishiYoshiaki InayamaShin MaedaPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2017)
Differences of IP width, SD, and IP number may be factors for identifying HMs with conventional endoscopy. Because NBI can better visualize vessel structures, the increased SEC number and shallow SECs may clarify the HM.