To perform a biopsy or not to perform a biopsy? Does confocal endomicroscopy provide the answer for surveillance in Barrett's esophagus?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-657

  Hwang, Joo Ha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPLASIA; EARLY CANCER; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONICS; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER OPTICS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 70349313132     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.04.047     Document Type: Editorial

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