The multistep process of carcinogenesis, which can take many years, provides many
opportunities for intervention to inhibit disease progression. Effective chemoprevention …

Premalignant esophagogastric (EG) lesions develop against a background of chronic
inflammation, called a premalignant condition. For esophageal squamous cell cancer …

AIM: To report the long-term outcome of patients after complete ablation of non-neoplastic
Barrett's esophagus (BE) with respect to BE relapse and development of intraepithelial …

Results: Of the biopsies taken during the endoscopic fluorescence detection procedure,
28%(23/81) were true positives. More than one-third of the false-positive results were due to …

Barrett's esophagus, the management of which remains controversial, is the precursor
condition to esophageal adenocarcinoma. A number of endoscopic treatments have been …

We present the preliminary results obtained by our research group utilizing Nd: YAG and
diode lasers to treat Barrett's esophagus (BE). A total of 15 patients with BE (mean age 58 …

Background and objective: While there is an ever rising prevalence of gastro-oesophageal
reflux disease among people in the western world, the actual number are usually …

OBJETIVO: Definir qual a melhor potência a ser empregada de forma a atingir a
profundidade necessária para ablação com o menor número de sintomas pós …

Practical manual of gastroesophageal reflux disease Practical Manual of Gastroesophageal
Reflux Disease Page 2 Practical Manual of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease EDITED BY …

In the beginning, Norman Barrett, who first described this lesion in 1950, believed that the
columnar lining of the lower oesophagus was congenital in origin and represented a part of …