The incidence of esophageal cancer and high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Yousef, C Cardwell, MM Cantwell… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Barrett's esophagus is a well-recognized precursor of esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Surveillance of Barrett's esophagus patients is recommended to detect high-grade dysplasia …

[HTML][HTML] Achalasia: a review of clinical diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment and outcomes

OM O'Neill, BT Johnston… - World journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Achalasia is a neurodegenerative motility disorder of the oesophagus resulting in deranged
oesophageal peristalsis and loss of lower oesophageal sphincter function. Historically …

UK guideline on transition of adolescent and young persons with chronic digestive diseases from paediatric to adult care

AJ Brooks, PJ Smith, R Cohen, P Collins, A Douds… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
The risks of poor transition include delayed and inappropriate transfer that can result in
disengagement with healthcare. Structured transition care can improve control of chronic …

Risk of malignant progression in Barrett's esophagus patients: results from a large population-based study

S Bhat, HG Coleman, F Yousef… - Journal of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a premalignant lesion that predisposes to
esophageal adenocarcinoma. However, the reported incidence of esophageal …

Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM)(the primary finding in patients with nonspecific esophageal motility disorder)

LP Leite, BT Johnston, J Barrett, JA Castell… - Digestive diseases and …, 1997 - Springer
Nonspecific esophageal motility disorder (NEMD) is a vague category used to include
patients with poorlydefined esophageal contraction abnormalities. Thecriteria include …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma: results from the FINBAR study

LA Anderson, RGP Watson, SJ Murphy… - World journal of …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS: This all-Ireland population-based case-control study recruited 224 Barrett's
oesophagus patients, 227 oesophageal adenocarcinoma patients and 260 controls. All …

[HTML][HTML] Survival for oesophageal, stomach and small intestine cancers in Europe 1999–2007: results from EUROCARE-5

LA Anderson, A Tavilla, H Brenner, S Luttmann… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background European regional variation in cancer survival was reported in the EUROCARE-
4 study for patients diagnosed in 1995–1999. Relative survival (RS) estimates are here …

Population-based study reveals new risk-stratification biomarker panel for Barrett's esophagus

EL Bird–Lieberman, JM Dunn, HG Coleman… - Gastroenterology, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The risk of progression of Barrett's esophagus (BE) to esophageal
adenocarcinoma (EAC) is low and difficult to calculate. Accurate tools to determine risk are …

Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric atrophy and the stages of the oesophageal inflammation, metaplasia, adenocarcinoma sequence …

LA Anderson, SJ Murphy, BT Johnston, RGP Watson… - Gut, 2008 - gut.bmj.com
Objective: A number of studies have shown an inverse association between infection with
Helicobacter pylori and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC). The mechanism of the …

Oesophageal adenocarcinoma and prior diagnosis of Barrett's oesophagus: a population-based study

SK Bhat, DT McManus, HG Coleman, BT Johnston… - Gut, 2015 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Endoscopic surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus (BO) provides an opportunity to
detect early stage oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC). We sought to determine the …