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Barrett's esophagus: the changing management
1Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Hospital Practice (1995)
|December 31, 1997
Abstract:
An estimated 700,000 persons in the United States currently have this disease, which is often preceded by gastroesophageal reflux and may progress to adenocarcinoma. Questions posed in management include: Which patients merit endoscopic surveillance? And in which is medical therapy or surgery appropriate?