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ReviewDigestive diseases and sciences2012

Endoscopic management of Barrett's esophagus: advances in endoscopic techniques.

Ali Azarm, Ismet Lukolic, Meenal Shukla, Ronald Concha-Parra, Frank Gress

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Review in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ali AzarmState University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Ismet Lukolic
Meenal Shukla
Ronald Concha-Parra
Frank Gress

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a well-known premalignant condition that can be associated with the development of dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. In the past, esophagectomy was the standard treatment for patients with BE with high grade dysplasia (HGD) and early cancer (EC). However, esophagectomy is not necessarily the only treatment response to HGD and EC anymore. Over the past decade, a number of endoscopic therapies have been developed for management of BE. These include endoscopic mucosal resection, thermal ablation techniques that use laser irradiation, multipolar electrocoagulation, argon plasma coagulation, photodynamic therapy, and the recently developed cryotherapy and radiofrequency ablation.

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EsophagoscopyArgon Plasma CoagulationBarrett EsophagusCryotherapyHumansLaser TherapyPhotochemotherapy

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