Is Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) necessary in the pre-therapeutic assessment of barrett's esophagus with early neoplasia?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 314-321

  Fernández Sordo, Jacobo Ortiz ^a   Konda, Vani J A ^a   Chennat, Jennifer ^a   Madrigal Hoyos, Erika ^a   Posner, Mitchell C ^b   Ferguson, Mark K ^b   Waxman, Irving ^a  

^a Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Endoscopic ultrasound; Esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84995752974     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2012.038     Document Type: Article

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