Dual-modality management of non-lifting colorectal neoplasia: CAST or ACA?

Endoscopy 2018; 50(10): 1035-1036
DOI: 10.1055/a-0588-5288

Letter to the editor

Vasilios Papastergiou

Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, London, UK

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Zacharias P. Tsiamoulos

Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, London, UK

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Ioannis Stasinos

Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, London, UK

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Brian P. Saunders

Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, London, UK

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