Objective. The epidemiology of Barrett's oesophagus (BO) is characterized by divergent results.
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of BO and intestinal metaplasia (IM) …

… oesophageal carcinoma was defined (in the resection specimen) as tumour in the oesophagus…
tumour in the gastric cardia or at the gastrooesophageal junction. Based on this subgroup …

… When there is the characteristic pattern of oesophageal mucosal breaks in the distal
oesophagus, this is diagnostic, but around two thirds of reflux disease patients will have no such …

… Absent or abnormal peristaltic motor activity in the distal oesophagus has been advocated
as a possible mechanism in the facilitation of gastrooesophageal reflux after swallowing4 or …

… frequency of symptoms and endoscopic signs of gastrooesophageal reflux. … The extent
of columnar epithelium in the distal oesophagus was defined as the distance between the …

… and emphasises that gastro-oesophageal reflux becomes a disease when it either causes
macroscopic damage to the oesophagus or affects quality of life. Empirical evidence suggests …

… EGFR gene amplification was more common in tumours of distal oesophagus/gastro-oesophageal
junction/cardia than in those of gastric corpus (p = 0.013). It was associated with …

… It is the sphincteric lower part of the oesophagus between the insertion of the phreno-oesophageal
ligament and the gastrooesophageal junction. As the line of junction of the squamous …

… of the “gastric cardia” and gastro-esophageal reflux disease. Adenocarcinoma of the
distal esophagus is a recognized complication of gastro-esophageal reflux. Its incidence has …

… the distal oesophagus in NERD patients, in the absence of pathological oesophageal acid
… of ultrastructural changes above the distal oesophageal epithelium. Furthermore, studies on …