Curative endoscopic therapy for Barrett's early cancer and high grade dysplasia: long-term results in 304 patients
O Pech, A Behrens, L Gossner, A May, H Manner, J Huijsmans, M Vieth, M Stolte, C Ell · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2006 · Heft 09
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Aims: Endoscopic resection (ER) has gained more and more importance in the treatment of early neoplasia in Barrett's esophagus. As long as there has been no long-term follow-up of endoscopic treatment radical esophageal resection was regarded as the gold standard for treatment in high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and early Barrett's carcinoma (BC). We report on the first five-year follow-up data for endoscopic therapy (ET) in a large series. Patients: A total of 304 patients (mean age 67.2±11.1 years) with HGD (n=45) and early adenocarcinoma (n=259) in Barrett's esophagus were included between 10/96–09/01. Methods: The…
