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ReviewGastroenterology clinics of North America2015

Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Andrew M Kaz, William M Grady, Matthew D Stachler, Adam J Bass

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Review in Gastroenterology clinics of North America, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Esophageal cancer: from pathogenesis to precision therapies.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  5. New Approaches to Screening for Barrett Esophagus.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025
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  18. Novel DNA Methylation Biomarker Panel for Detection of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and High-Grade Dysplasia.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew M KazR&D Department, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, S-111-Gastro, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
William M GradyClinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: wgrady@fhcrc.org.
Matthew D StachlerDepartment of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Adam J BassDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Washington · USVA Puget Sound Health Care System · US

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Marian Esvelt · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Transformed Esophageal Epithelial Cells and the Tumor MicroenvironmentP01CA098101 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI NAKAGAWA, HIROSHI · 2003 to 2023
$31.7M
Tumor mutation signaturesP01CA077852 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MONNAT, RAYMOND J · 1999 to 2019
$26.0M
Whole Exome Approaches for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Susceptibility GenesU54CA163060 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAK, AMITABH, GUDA, KISHORE · 2011 to 2022
$14.0M
TRAINING GRANT IN GENETICST32GM007748 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Anne O'Donnell-Luria, Louise Wilkins-Haug · 1985 to 2026
$12.0M
Trans-NetworkU54CA143862 · NCI · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI DAVIES, PAUL · 2009 to 2013
$8.4M
Identify and validate novel epigenetic molecular markers for colorectal neoplasmU01CA152756 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI GRADY, WILLIAM MALLORY, GUDA, KISHORE · 2010 to 2021
$6.7M
Esophageal Cancer from Cells to Population: A Multiscale ApproachU01CA182940 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HUR, CHIN, INADOMI, JOHN MATTHEW · 2013 to 2017
$3.3M
TGF-beta signaling and colon cancerR01CA115513 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI GRADY, WILLIAM MALLORY · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) develops from Barrett's esophagus (BE), wherein normal squamous epithelia is replaced by specialized intestinal metaplasia in response to chronic gastroesophageal acid reflux. BE can progress to low- and high-grade dysplasia, intramucosal, and invasive carcinoma. Both BE and EAC are characterized by loss of heterozygosity, aneuploidy, specific genetic mutations, and clonal diversity. Given the limitations of histopathology, genomic and epigenomic analyses may improve the precision of risk stratification. Assays to detect molecular alterations associated with neoplastic progression could be used to improve the pathologic assessment of BE/EAC and to select high-risk patients for more intensive surveillance.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticAdenocarcinomaAneuploidyBarrett EsophagusEsophageal NeoplasmsGene DosageHumansMicroRNAsPrognosisRisk AssessmentMicroRNAsAneuploidyBarrett’s esophagusCancer genomicsDNA methylationEsophageal adenocarcinomaGenomic instabilityLOH

Identifiers

PMID26021206
PMCPMC4449457
OpenAlexW2067228972

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