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Risk Factors for Progression of Low-Grade Dysplasia in Patients With Barrett's Esophagus

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Overall, patients with BE and LGD have a low annual incidence of EAC, similar to nondysplastic BE, and there is significant interobserver variation in diagnosis, even among expert pathologists.
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This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 243 citations till now.

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Predictors of Progression to High-Grade Dysplasia or Adenocarcinoma in Barrett's Esophagus.

TL;DR: Both risk and protective factors for neoplastic progression in patients with Barrett's esophagus are reviewed.
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of An Adenocarcinoma Risk Prediction Multi-Biomarker Assay For Patients With Barrett's Esophagus.

TL;DR: Given the model assumptions, the new Assay would be cost-effective after 5 years and improves patient outcomes due to improvement in the effectiveness of surveillance and treatment protocols resulting in fewer patients progressing to HGD and EAC and fewer EAC-related deaths.
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Diagnosis and Management of Barrett’s Esophagus

TL;DR: Recommendations for the management of subjects diagnosed with Barrett esophagus include periodic endoscopic surveillance to detect the development of high-grade dysplasia or adenocarcinoma.
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Updated guidelines 2008 for the diagnosis, surveillance and therapy of Barrett's esophagus.

TL;DR: 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 2002 and once again reviewed using the National Library of Medicine database.
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The Vienna classification of gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasia

TL;DR: The differences between Western and Japanese pathologists in the diagnostic classification of gastrointestinal epithelial neoplastic lesions can be resolved largely by adopting the proposed terminology, which is based on cytological and architectural severity and invasion status.
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Dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease: Standardized classification with provisional clinical applications

TL;DR: A classification system for the epithelial changes that occur in ulcerative colitis was developed, which should be applicable to other forms of inflammatory bowel disease as well and makes use of standardized terminology, addresses specific problem areas, and offers practical solutions.
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The Role of Overdiagnosis and Reclassification in the Marked Increase of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Incidence

TL;DR: The rising incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma represents a real increase in disease burden and overdiagnosis can be excluded as an explanation for the rise in incidence.
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