Abstract:ObjectivesJapanese guidelines recommend posttreatment endoscopy once or twice a year after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer. However, the impact of endoscopy intervals on metachronous gastric cancer (MGC) remains unclear, especially the difference between 1‐year and half‐a‐year intervals. We aimed to investigate this difference.MethodsThis study retrospectively investigated 2429 patients who underwent gastric ESD between May 2001 and June 2019 at our hospital. Patients who develo… Show more
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