Table 1 Characteristics of the patients and tumours
Characteristic
Number of patients349
Male/female295/54
Mean age (years)64.1 (SD 11.2); range, 29–88
Short-segment Barrett’s oesophagus173
Long-segment Barrett’s oesophagus176
Macroscopic type
Polypoid (type I)39
Flat (II)
    Elevated, type IIa101
    Flat, type IIb160
    Depressed, type IIc11
    Elevated+depressed, type IIa+c34
Excavated (type III)4
Differentiation
    High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia61
    Well-differentiated (G1)205
    Moderately differentiated (G2)75
    Poorly differentiated (G3)8
Local tumour stage after ER
    HGIN48
    T1m1149
    T1m238
    T1m316
    T1m428

  • ER, endoscopic resection; HGIN, high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia; SD, standard deviation; T1m1: tunica propria; T1m2: superficial muscularis mucosae, T1m3 through superficial muscularis mucosa but not into deep muscularis mucosa; T1m4: into deep muscularis mucosae.