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In 2009, Yao et al. proposed vessel plus surface (VS) classification, a diagnostic algorithm for early gastric cancer using magnifying endoscopy with NBI (ME-NBI), and in 2016, Muto et al. proposed a magnifying endoscopy simple diagnostic algorithm for early gastric cancer (MESDA-G) based on VS classification. In addition, the usefulness of ME-NBI in the differential diagnosis of gastric cancer from gastritis, diagnosis of lesion extent, inference of histopathological type, and diagnosis of depth has also been investigated. 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