I commend Jong and colleagues1 for addressing the scarcity of domain-specific resources in endoscopic artificial intelligence (AI) and for making GastroNet-5M, which is a rare, large-scale multicenter dataset, publicly available. Their comprehensive benchmarking across diverse downstream tasks underscores its strong potential to advance the field. Although the findings are enlightening, I believe several issues should be addressed.
Gastroenterology (AGA) published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 21 Feb 2026.
The item focuses on GastroNet-5M: Closing the Gaps for Global Clinical Impact.
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