Dear Dr. UNO,

Many thanks for submitting your manuscript to The Lancet. We have considered your manuscript, but our decision is that it would be better placed elsewhere. 

Unfortunately, we can accept only a very small proportion of the many papers we receive each week. We are sorry to be unhelpful on this occasion, though we would like you to think of us again in the future.

Yours sincerely,


Sabine Kleinert
Senior Executive Editor, The Lancet

Dear Dr. Uno,
 

Thank you for the submission of your manuscript entitled "////////////" to Gastroenterology. It has been assessed carefully by two members of the Board of Editors in the initial step for the evaluation of manuscripts submitted toGastroenterology. Unfortunately, the manuscript was not judged to be competitive for ultimate acceptance in the journal. Accordingly, we are returning a decision letter to you so that you may pursue submission to another journal in a timely fashion.

We understand this decision will be disappointing, especially due to the lack of a detailed critique. However, with an outstanding pool of submitted manuscripts, we are obliged to make judgments of priority and relevance in choosing among many high-quality papers. Because this judgment was made on the basis of priority and relevance, our decision is final and a revised manuscript will not be subject to further consideration. The decisions are deliberated upon very carefully and thoroughly and appeals are strongly discouraged.

Thank you for having allowed us to review this manuscript. We are sorry the decision is a negative one.

Sincerely yours,
Bishr Omary, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
Gastroenterology

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