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ArticleTransactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association2020

ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASIA: A DECADE OF EVOLUTION.

Nicholas J Shaheen

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Article in Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, 2020. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Nicholas J ShaheenCHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional therapy for early esophageal neoplasia has been esophagectomy. In the past decade, the approach to these conditions has rapidly evolved, such that endoscopic therapy has become the primary modality to treat patients with esophageal dysplasia and superficial carcinoma. A variety of modalities are available, including thermal methods, such as radiofrequency ablation and argon plasma coagulation; cryotherapy, including spray liquid nitrogen cryotherapy and balloon-based nitrous oxide cryotherapy; and tissue resection methods, such as endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection. Level 1 evidence substantiates that patients treated with these therapies have a low risk of developing invasive cancer. These treatments demonstrate an excellent safety profile. Future work in this area will define the best modalities of treatment, assess the utility of endoscopic therapy in combination with radiation therapy and chemotherapy, and improve current screening regimens to allow earlier detection of neoplasia.

Indexed as

Barrett's esophaguscryotherapyendoscopic mucosal resectionesophageal adenocarcinomaradiofrequency ablation

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PMID32675869
PMCPMC7358467
OpenAlexW3043702610

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