ESGE HEADLINE NEWS No. 2 ning and surveillance for Barrett’s esophagus
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recancerous condition in which the risk of cancer has been overestimated lication bias (with positive findings being accepted more easily than dings). A reasonable estimate is 0.5 cancers occurring per 100 patientrisk is estimated for males of Caucasian descent. In addition, individual ferring a higher risk are smoking and a long history of reflux symptoms. At enocarcinoma in the esophagus is less frequent than at the gastric cardia. ide burden of esophageal adenocarcinoma is small in comparison with of gastric and colorectal cancer, but if the trend towards an increase is the situation may justify a policy of prevention and early detection.
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