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The Role of Endoscopy

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Endoscopy has become an important tool in the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and palliation of patients with gastric cancer, including of the diffuse type. During upper endoscopy, suspicious-appearing gastric lesions can be identified and carefully analyzed to guide proper management. This chapter will focus on the endoscopic approach to diffuse gastric cancer: macroscopic classification, tissue acquisition, staging, and the window for endoscopic management.

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  1. Endoscopy section of Hospital da Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

    Bruno Frederico Medrado

  2. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo/Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Bruno da Costa Martins

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    Rodrigo Santa Cruz Guindalini

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Medrado, B.F., da Costa Martins, B. (2018). The Role of Endoscopy. In: de Castria, T., Guindalini, R. (eds) Diffuse Gastric Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95234-5_3

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