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Endoscopy 2025; 57(05): 555-566
DOI: 10.1055/a-2541-4028
Position Statement

Validation of the GPAT – the Global Polypectomy Assessment Tool: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement

Authors

  • Sander Smeets

     1   Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
     2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
  • Maria Eva Argenziano

     1   Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
     2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
     3   Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Emergency Digestive Endoscopy, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
  • Alexander C. De Crem

     1   Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
     2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
  • Lobke Desomer

     9   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, AZ Delta vzw, Roeselare, Belgium
  • John Anderson

     4   Department of Gastroenterology, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
  • Pradeep Bhandari

     5   Endoscopy Department, Department of Gastroenterology, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
  • Ivo Boškoski

     6   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • Marek Bugajski

     7   Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
  • Michael J. Bourke

     8   Department of Gastroenterology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney Australia
  • Lynn Debels

     1   Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
     2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
  • Steven J. Heitman

    10   Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Canada
  • Hiroshi Kashida

    11   Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
  • Ralph R.T. Lee

     2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
  • Ivan Lyutakov

    13   Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Tsaritsa Yoanna-ISUL, Sofia, Bulgaria
    14   Department of Gastroenterology, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Liseth Rivero-Sánchez

    15   Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    16   Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
  • Christophe Schoonjans

    17   Department of Gastroenterology, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Bruge, Belgium
  • Siwan Thomas-Gibson

    18   Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St. Mark’s Hospital, London, UK
  • Henrik Thorlacius

    19   Clinical Sciences and Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
  • Lorenzo Fuccio

    20   Department of Medical Sciences and Surgery, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  • Tony C. Tham

    21   Division of Gastroenterology, Ulster Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Raf Bisschops

    22   Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • David J. Tate

     1   Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
     2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium