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ReviewUnited European gastroenterology journal2016

Endoscopic modalities for the diagnosis of Barrett's oesophagus.

Neel Sharma, Supriya Srivastava, Florian Kern, Wa Xian, Teh Ming, Frank McKeon, Khek Yu Ho

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Review in United European gastroenterology journal, 2016. 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 · 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Neel SharmaNational University Hospital, Singapore.
Supriya SrivastavaNational University Hospital, Singapore.
Florian KernNational University Hospital, Singapore.
Wa XianThe Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA, MultiClonal Therapeutics, Inc., Farmington, CT, USA.
Teh MingNational University Hospital, Singapore.
Frank McKeonThe Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA, MultiClonal Therapeutics, Inc., Farmington, CT, USA.
Khek Yu HoNational University Hospital, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Barrett's oesophagus is a pre-malignant condition associated with the development of oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Currently white light endoscopy and biopsy is the mainstay diagnostic tool. Yet this approach is troubled by issues related to cumbersome biopsy sampling, biopsy sampling errors and cost. Therefore in order to overcome such adversity, there needs to be evolutionary advancement in terms of diagnosis, which should address these concerns and ideally enhance risk stratification in order to provide timely management in real time. This review highlights the current endoscopic tools aimed to enhance the diagnosis of Barrett's oesophagus and its subsequent progression.

Indexed as

Barrett’s oesophaguschromoendoscopyconfocal endomicroscopynarrow band imagingoptical coherence tomographywhite light endoscopy

Identifiers

PMID28408990
PMCPMC5386224

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