The aim of evidence-based medicine is to improve the quality of health care by integrating the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. Evidence-based …
KK Wang, RE Sampliner - Official journal of the American College …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The guidelines for the diagnosis, surveillance and therapy of Barrett's esophagus were originally published by the American College of Gastroenterology in 1998 and updated in …
O Pech, E Bollschweiler, H Manner, J Leers… - Annals of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Methods: A total of 114 patients with mucosal BC who were treated surgically or endoscopically in 2 high-volume centers were included in this study. Between 1996 and …
KB Dunbar, SJ Spechler - Official journal of the American College …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Endoscopic eradication therapy is used to treat mucosal neoplasms in Barrett's esophagus, but cannot cure cancers that have metastasized to lymph nodes. The …
JM Leers, SR DeMeester, A Oezcelik, N Klipfel… - Annals of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Methods: We reanalyzed the pathology specimens of all patients that had primary esophagectomy for T1 adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus or gastroesophageal …
A Pennathur, A Farkas, AM Krasinskas… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Esophagectomy is the standard treatment for T1 esophageal cancer (EC). Interest in endoscopic therapies, particularly for T1 EC, is increasing. We evaluated the long …
SF Badylak, T Hoppo, A Nieponice… - … Engineering Part A, 2011 - liebertpub.com
As a result of injury caused by chronic gastroesophageal reflux, Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma are rapidly increasing problems in …
PR Boshier, O Anderson, GB Hanna - Annals of surgery, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To study the differences in short and long-term outcomes of transthoracic and transhiatal esophagectomy for cancer. Background: Studies have compared transthoracic …
B Sepesi, TJ Watson, D Zhou, M Polomsky… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic resection and ablation have advanced the treatment of intramucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma and have been promoted as definitive therapy …