Non-endoscopic immunocytological screening test for Barrett's oesophagus [19]

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1033-1034

  Lao Sirieix, Pierre ^a   Rous, Brian ^b   O'Donovan, Maria ^b   Hardwick, Richard H ^b   Debiram, Irene ^a   Fitzgerald, Rebecca C ^a  

^a HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 34347204908     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.123257     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Cameron AJ, Zinsmeister AR, Ballard DJ, et al. Prevalence of columnar-lined (Barrett's) esophagu Comparison of population-based clinical and autopsy findings. Gastroenterology 1990;99:918-22.
2. Sampliner RE. Updated guidelines for the diagnosis, surveillance, and therapy of Barrett's esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol 2002;97:1888-95.
3. Nabeya K, Onozawa K, Ri S. Brushing cytology with capsule for the esophageal cancer. Chir Gastroent 1979;13:101-7.
4. Sirieix P, O'Donovan M, Brown J, et al. Surface expression of mini-chromosome maintenance proteins provides a novel method for detecting patients at risk for developing adeocarcinoma in Barrett's oesophagus. Clin Cancer Res 2003;9:2560-6.