Predictors of Progression to Cancer in Barrett’s Esophagus: Baseline Histology and Flow Cytometry Identify Low- and High-Risk Patient Subsets

OBJECTIVE: Barrett’s esophagus develops in 5–20% of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and predisposes to esophageal adenocarcinoma. The value of endoscopic biopsy surveillance is questioned because most patients do not develop cancer. Furthermore, observer variation in histological diagn...

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Hauptverfasser: Reid, Brian J., Levine, Douglas S., Longton, Gary, Blount, Patricia L., Rabinovitch, Peter S.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2000
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1783835/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10925966
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