Short segment columnar-lined oesophagus: An underestimated cancer risk? A large cohort study of the relationship between Barrett's columnar-lined oesophagus segment length and adenocarcinoma risk

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 969-975

  Gatenby, Piers A C ^a   Caygill, Christine P J ^a   Ramus, James R ^a   Charlett, Andre ^b   Fitzgerald, Rebecca C ^c   Watson, Anthony ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrett's oesophagus; Metaplasia; Oesophageal cancer; Segment length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 37349094357     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282c3aa14     Document Type: Article

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