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Rapidly growing early gastric cancer with microsatellite instability.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2003
Yamashita Kentaro, Kato Norihiro, Takahashi Hiroaki, Shimizu Haruo, Suzuki Hiromu, Motoya Satoshi, Arimura Yoshiaki, Endo Takao, Ura Hideki, Ichimiya Shingo, Imai Kohzoh
Abstract excerpt
A 77-year-old man underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy that revealed a small flat elevated lesion in the gastric antrum. Endoscopically, we assessed the tumor as intramucosal cancer or adenoma, and biopsy specimens were diagnosed as showing borderline malignancy. At the second examination, performed 6 months later, the elevated lesion had grown, showing remarkable changes in its appearance, and a diagnosis of...
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