Is there an advantage to be gained from adding digital image cytometry of brush cytology to a standard biopsy protocol in patients with Barrett's esophagus?

Endoscopy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-414

  Borovicka, J ^a   Schonegg R ^a   Hell, M ^a   Kradolfer, D ^a   Bauerfeind, P ^b   Dorta, G ^c   Netzer, P ^d   Binek, J ^a   Meyenberger, C ^a   Fischer, J E ^e   Spieler, P ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67849090860     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214641     Document Type: Article

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