ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2021
Wide Area Transepithelial Sampling with Computer-Assisted Analysis (WATS
Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease - a systematic review of cost-effectiveness and economic burden.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
- A Practical Guide to Incorporating Novel Barrett's Screening/Surveillance Tools into Clinical Practice.Current gastroenterology reports · 2026Review
- Artificial intelligence-based prediction of esophageal adenocarcinoma risk in Barrett's esophagus patients: a literature review.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Review
- Barrett's esophagus: The pathomorphological and molecular genetic keystones of neoplastic progression.Cancer medicine · 2022Review
- WATSAnnals of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Retrospective, observational, cross-sectional study of detection of recurrent Barrett's esophagus and dysplasia in post-ablation patients with adjunctive use of wide-area transepithelial sample (WATS-3D).Annals of gastroenterologyArticle
- A Rapid Cytological Screening as pre-Endoscopy Screening for Early Esophageal Squamous Cell Lesions: A Prospective Pilot Study from a Chinese Academic Center.Technology in cancer research & treatmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWide area transepithelial sampling with three-dimensional computer-assisted analysis (WATS
aimsTo examine the cost-effectiveness of adding WATS
methodsA decision analytic model was used to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two alternative BE screening strategies in chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease patients: FB with and without WATS
resultsBetween 320 and 337 people would need to be screened with WATS
conclusionsScreening for BE in 60-year-old white male GERD patients is more cost-effective when WATS
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