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How useful is EUS in patients with gastric cancer?

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Director of Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit at Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Naohisa Yahagi

  2. staff gastroenterologist in the Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit at Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshiro Iizuka

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Yahagi, N., Iizuka, T. How useful is EUS in patients with gastric cancer?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 666–667 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0656

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