**4. 'DISCARD with magnifying endoscopy (DISCARD-ME)' policy**

Magnifying endoscopy is one method for obtaining histopathological findings by endoscopy *in vivo*. It has been reported that the capillary patterns observed by using NBI with magnifying endoscopy (NBI-ME) can help in assessing the degree of dysplasia in early colorectal neoplasia (Katagiri et al., 2008). Therefore, the present authors believe that NBI-ME provides a more accurate strategy than the conventional 'DISCARD' policy in which NBI is used without ME. Here, a new policy for management of small polyps using NBI-ME; namely the 'DISCARD-ME' policy, is proposed.
