Cryotherapy for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-367

  Greenwald, Bruce D ^a   Dumot, John A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; cryotherapy; endoscopic ablation; esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER STAGING; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSIMETRY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SPRAY CRYOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; NONHUMAN; ODYNOPHAGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CRYOSURGERY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958789845     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e328347bae8     Document Type: Review

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