Treatment of Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia and intramucosal adenocarcinoma

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Zehetner, Jörg ^a   DeMeester, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Endoscopic mucosal resection; High grade dysplasia; Intramucosal adenocarcinoma; Vagal sparing esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEVICE; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INTRAMUCOSAL ADENOCARCINOMA; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRECANCER; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGAL SPARING ESOPHAGECTOMY; VAGOTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449706022     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/egh.09.44     Document Type: Review

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