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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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Endoscopic Therapy of Early Carcinoma of the Oesophagus.

TL;DR: Endoscopic resection is the therapy of choice in early oesophageal cancer and in case of adenocarcinoma it is mandatory to perform subsequent ablation of all residual Barrett's mucosa to avoid metachronous lesions.
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Management of low-grade dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus: Ablate or survey?

TL;DR: The challenges in the diagnosis and management of Barrett’s esophagus with low-grade dysplasia are discussed, practice advice for this patient population is provided and the need for physicians to incorporate quality indicators in clinical practice is considered.
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BarrettNET – Risikoevaluation und Prävention von Adenokarzinomen des Ösophagus

TL;DR: Das Adenokarzinom des gastroösophagealen Übergangs („adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction“, AEG) die Tumorentität mit der am schnellsten wachsenden Inzidenz in der industrialisierten Welt ist wirkungsvolle Präventionsmaßnahmen zu finden.
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Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of the Esophagus

TL;DR: Endoscopic mucosal resection is widely used in the esophagus for the management of precancerous and early superficial cancers, and EMR is recommended for all visible and nodular lesions, allowing for an accurate diagnosis of the grade of dysplasia.
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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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