Endoscopic interventions in Barrett's esophagus: Do the dollars make sense? [0.03%]
巴雷特食管内镜介入治疗：值得花这个钱吗？
Jennifer Chennat,Mark K Ferguson
Jennifer Chennat
Advances in the development of endoscopic therapies for Barrett's esophagus have resulted in the emergence of an important paradigm shift for management of early neoplasia and represent an opportunity to alter the natural history of the dis...
Role of minimally invasive surgery in the modern treatment of Barrett's esophagus [0.03%]
内镜黏膜下剥离术治疗食管胃结合部癌临床疗效观察及低剂量射频消融治疗Barrett食管的疗效和安全性研究摘要编译
Marco G Patti,Fernando A M Herbella
Marco G Patti
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a highly prevalent disease. Population studies have demonstrated that a significant proportion of individuals weekly experience GERD symptoms. Barrett's esophagus (BE), defined by the presence of in...
Endotherapy for Barrett's esophagus: Which, how, when, and who? [0.03%]
巴雷特食管内镜下治疗：什么方法？何时实施？适合哪些患者？
Jennifer Chennat,Vani J A Konda,Irving Waxman
Jennifer Chennat
Recent developments in endoscopic therapeutic options for Barrett's esophagus (BE) early neoplasia have resulted in a dramatic paradigm shift in its clinical management. With multiple endoscopic choices available, it is important to discern...
Ann M Chen,Pankaj J Pasricha
Ann M Chen
Cryotherapy is a noncontact ablation method that has long been used clinically in the treatment of a wide variety of malignant and premalignant diseases. The relative ease of use and unique mechanisms of cellular destruction make cryotherap...
The role of radiofrequency ablation in the management of Barrett's esophagus [0.03%]
射频消融在巴雷特食管治疗中的作用
William J Bulsiewicz,Nicholas J Shaheen
William J Bulsiewicz
Studies in the last several years have consistently shown radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to be effective, safe, and well tolerated in the treatment of nondysplastic and dysplastic Barrett's esophagus (BE). The results found at academic medic...
Endoscopic resection [0.03%]
内镜下切除术
Oliver Pech,Hendrik Manner,Christian Ell
Oliver Pech
Endoscopic resection (ER) has become the most important endoscopic treatment method of early cancers of the upper GI tract. ER serves as a therapeutic but also as a diagnostic tool by providing a specimen for histologic assessment. In exper...
Photodynamic therapy [0.03%]
光动力疗法
Marta L Davila
Marta L Davila
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical process that uses a photosensitizer drug activated by laser light to produce mucosal ablation. Porfimer sodium PDT has proved long-term efficacy and durability in the treatment of Barrett's esop...
Tom C J Seerden,Alberto Larghi
Tom C J Seerden
The main goal in the staging of patients with early neoplasia arising in the context of Barrett's esophagus (BE) is to identify individuals who are eligible for endoscopic therapy and differentiate them from those who require surgical manag...
Kenneth K Wang,Ngozi Okoro,Ganapathy Prasad et al.
Kenneth K Wang et al.
Enhanced visualization techniques are available for Barrett's esophagus and have promise in the detection of dysplasia and cancer. Several of these techniques, such as narrow band imaging and chromoendoscopy, are being applied clinically. T...
David H Wang,Rhonda F Souza
David H Wang
The past few years have brought new advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Although knowledge of the genetic basis for these conditions has ...