Early Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy, Pathology, and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fujita, Rikiya (Editor), Jass, Jeremy R. (Editor), Kaminishi, Michio (Editor), Schlemper, Ronald J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Surgery.; Rectum > Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Colorectal Surgery.

Differences in the diagnostic criteria for early cancer of the gastrointestinal tract between Japan and Western countries have been an interesting issue for some time, physicians in Japan being much more inclined to give a diagnosis of cancer than their European and North American counterparts. This...