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ArticleScientific reports2020

Risk Factors for Progression of Barrett's Esophagus to High Grade Dysplasia and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Swetha Kambhampati Thiruvengadam, Alan H Tieu, Brandon Luber, Hao Wang, Stephen J Meltzer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chemoprevention of Barrett's Esophagus: a Systematic Review and Comprehensive Assessment of Bias.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2025
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  2. Neoplastic Progression Risk in Females With Barrett's Esophagus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2025
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  4. Magnitude and Time-Trend Analysis of Postendoscopy Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2022
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  14. Neoplastic Progression of Barrett's Esophagus Among Organ Transplant Recipients: a Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
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  15. Diagnosis and Management of Barrett's Esophagus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Swetha Kambhampati ThiruvengadamDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Alan H TieuDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Brandon LuberDivision of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Hao WangDivision of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Stephen J MeltzerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. smeltzer@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Tumor Antigens for Individual Signatures and TherapyP50CA062924 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LENNON, ANNE MARIE · 1993 to 2022
$54.6M
Academic-Industrial Partnership for Non-invasive Barrett's Esophagus DetectionR01DK118250 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MELTZER, STEPHEN J · 2018 to 2022
$3.8M
(PQC-1) Driver Events In IBD-Associated Neoplastic ProgressionR01CA190040 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MELTZER, STEPHEN J, SELARU, FLORIN · 2014 to 2017
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA062924NCI NIH HHS R01 CA190040NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK118250
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is the only known precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Methods of identifying BE patients at high risk for progression to high-grade dysplasia (HGD) or EAC are needed to improve outcomes and identify who will benefit most from intensive surveillance or ablative therapy. Clinical predictors of BE progression to HGD or EAC are poorly understood, with multiple contradictory studies. We performed a retrospective study which included 460 patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital who underwent at least 2 upper endoscopies 6 months apart showing biopsy-documented BE between 1992 and 2013. Patients with EAC or HGD at the initial endoscopy were excluded. Demographic, clinicopathological, and endoscopic data were collected. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses with time to progression to HGD and EAC were performed. Among 460 patients included in the study, 132 BE patients developed HGD and 62 developed EAC. Significant EAC risk factors included age, abdominal obesity, caffeine intake, and the presence of HGD. Risk factors for HGD or EAC included age, caffeine intake, and low-grade dysplasia while colonic adenomas trended towards significance. Notably, a history of statin or SSRI usage reduced the risk of EAC or HGD by 49% or 61%, respectively. Our study validated several known and identified several novel risk factors, including a history of colonic adenomas or caffeine usage. Low-grade dysplasia was a risk factor for progression but various endoscopic characteristics were not, suggesting that screening strategies should focus on histology instead. We identified SSRIs as a new potentially chemoprotective medication.

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AdenocarcinomaAgedAged, 80 and overBarrett EsophagusEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrecancerous ConditionsRetrospective StudiesRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID32184470
PMCPMC7078316
OpenAlexW3011143029

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