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Barrett’s Esophagus
Emerging Evidence for Improved Clinical Practice
This reference offers researchers, clinicians, and scholars a comprehensive look at the latest research, treatment, and new imaging modalities of Barrett’s Esophagus, including valuable insights from top investigators and clinical scenarios to highlight the directions research is heading
Douglas Pleskow (Author), Tolga Erim (Author)
9780128025116, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 29 March 2016
234 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.6 cm, 0.5 kg
Barrett’s Esophagus: Emerging Evidence for Improved Clinical Practice is a comprehensive reference on the treatment and new imaging modalities of Barrett’s Esophagus for researchers, clinicians, and scholars. Each chapter is composed from the perspective of investigators who summarize the data as well as the reasoning behind why those studies were conceived. In addition, the future directions of research are discussed within each chapter, providing insights from the investigators. Research questions are described, and cutting-edge applications are explained. Each chapter contains clinical scenarios to highlight the directions in which the research is, and should be, heading.
Chapter 1. A disease entity is identifiedChapter 2. Fluctuating risk factors and epidemiologyChapter 3. Metaplasia and dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagusChapter 4. Genetics of Barrett’s and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: implications for prevention, diagnosis and treatment Chapter 5. Biomarkers in Barrett’s and Esophageal AdenocarcinomaChapter 6. Diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagusChapter 7. Screening and surveillance of Barrett’s esophagusChapter 8. Enhanced Imaging of the Esophagus: Spectroscopy Chapter 9. Enhanced Imaging of the Esophagus : Optical Coherence Tomography Chapter 10. Enhanced Imaging of the Esophagus : Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Chapter 11. History of ablative therapies for Barrett’s and superficial adenocarcinoma Chapter 12. Radiofrequency ablation Chapter 13. Cryospray ablationChapter 14. Endoscopic surgical therapiesChapter 15. Chemoprevention of Barrett’s and AdenocarcinomaChapter 16. Post treatment surveillance, risk for recurrence of Barrett’s and adenocarcinoma after treatment
Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]
