Endoscopic therapy of esophageal premalignancy and early malignancy

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 890-899

  Nealis, Thomas B ^a   Washington, Kay ^b   Keswani, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Endoscopic therapy; Esophageal adenocarcinoma; Esophageal cancer; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH GRADE DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW GRADE DYSPLASIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIPOLAR ELECTROCOAGULATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRECANCER; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH MUSCLE;

EID: 80051497547     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2011.0073     Document Type: Review

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