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ArticleISRN gastroenterology2013

Differences in the Characteristics of Barrett's Esophagus and Barrett's Adenocarcinoma between the United States and Japan.

Makoto Oryu, Hirohito Mori, Hideki Kobara, Noriko Nishiyama, Shintaro Fujihara, Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi, Mitsugu Yasuda, Tsutomu Masaki

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Article in ISRN gastroenterology, 2013. 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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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Makoto OryuDepartment of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
Hirohito Mori
Hideki Kobara
Noriko Nishiyama
Shintaro Fujihara
Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi
Mitsugu Yasuda
Tsutomu Masaki
Kagawa University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Europe and the United States, the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased 6-fold in the last 25 years and currently accounts for more than 50% of all esophageal cancers. Barrett's esophagus is the source of Barrett's adenocarcinoma and is characterized by the replacement of squamous epithelium with columnar epithelium in the lower esophagus due to chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Even though the prevalence of GERD has recently been increasing in Japan as well as in Europe and the United States, the clinical situation of Barrett's esophagus and Barrett's adenocarcinoma differs from that in Western countries. In this paper, we focus on specific differences in the background factors and pathophysiology of these lesions.

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PMID23606979
PMCPMC3625601
OpenAlexW2163886534

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