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When diagnosing early gastric cancer by endoscopy, a lesion diameter of 3 mm has been thought to represent the lower limit of detection (1). In general, minute cancer is defined as a tumor ≤5 mm in diameter. Owing to the advances in endoscopic devices, it has become possible to diagnose gastric cancer preoperatively using magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging (NBI) (2), although a pathological diagnosis by biopsy is usually employed.
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Yamamoto, Y. (2009). Endoscopic Treatment of Minute Gastric Cancer in Cases of a Disappearing-Cancer Biopsy. In: Fujita, R., Takahashi, H. (eds) Gastrointestinal Cancer Atlas for Endoscopic Therapy. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-88166-7_5
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