INTRODUCTION: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) in the esophagus is a potentially pre-malignant mucosal change. The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of IM detection during upper endoscopy by forceps biopsy (FB) versus wide-area transepithelial sampling (WATS) brush. METHODS: Patients presenting for upper endoscopy for foregut symptoms or surveillance of Barrett\u27s esophagus (BE) at 9 centers in the United States were randomized to either FB or WATS. RESULTS: There were 1002 patients. Biopsies were done in 505 and WATS in 497 patients. The overall frequency of finding IM was 21% and was similar with FB (19.6%) and WATS (22.7%, p=0.2). Low-grade dysplasia was found in 8 patients. No patient had high-grade dysplasia. There was no diff...
Background International guidelines recommend dysplasia surveillance in IBD. Aim To compare endoscop...
Background and aims: There is limited evidence on the comparative diagnostic performance of endoscop...
Surveillance of premalignant gastric lesions relies mainly on random biopsy sampling. Narrow band im...
INTRODUCTION: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) in the esophagus is a potentially pre-malignant mucosal cha...
OBJECTIVES: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) and dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus are recognized surrogate...
Background. Intestinal metaplasia is a risk factor for gastric carcinoma. So far few studies have fo...
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is an important diagnostic, staging, and thera...
Objective To quantify the occurrence of intestinal metaplasia in columnar-lined esophagus (CLE) duri...
OBJECTIVES: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) and dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus are recognized surrogate...
Background/Aims: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a premalig-nant condition. This study aimed to evalua...
Objective: Whether gastric metaplasia (GM) of the oesophagus should be considered as Barrett’s oesop...
BACKGROUND: Biopsies are obtained to confirm intestinal metaplasia and rule out prevalent dysplasia ...
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Controversy persists around the treatment of gastric low-grade dysplasia ...
textabstractBackground: Surveillance of premalignant gastric lesions relies mainly on random biopsy ...
BACKGROUND: Current surveillance for Barrett's esophagus (BE), consisting of four-quadrant random fo...
Background International guidelines recommend dysplasia surveillance in IBD. Aim To compare endoscop...
Background and aims: There is limited evidence on the comparative diagnostic performance of endoscop...
Surveillance of premalignant gastric lesions relies mainly on random biopsy sampling. Narrow band im...
INTRODUCTION: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) in the esophagus is a potentially pre-malignant mucosal cha...
OBJECTIVES: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) and dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus are recognized surrogate...
Background. Intestinal metaplasia is a risk factor for gastric carcinoma. So far few studies have fo...
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is an important diagnostic, staging, and thera...
Objective To quantify the occurrence of intestinal metaplasia in columnar-lined esophagus (CLE) duri...
OBJECTIVES: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) and dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus are recognized surrogate...
Background/Aims: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a premalig-nant condition. This study aimed to evalua...
Objective: Whether gastric metaplasia (GM) of the oesophagus should be considered as Barrett’s oesop...
BACKGROUND: Biopsies are obtained to confirm intestinal metaplasia and rule out prevalent dysplasia ...
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Controversy persists around the treatment of gastric low-grade dysplasia ...
textabstractBackground: Surveillance of premalignant gastric lesions relies mainly on random biopsy ...
BACKGROUND: Current surveillance for Barrett's esophagus (BE), consisting of four-quadrant random fo...
Background International guidelines recommend dysplasia surveillance in IBD. Aim To compare endoscop...
Background and aims: There is limited evidence on the comparative diagnostic performance of endoscop...
Surveillance of premalignant gastric lesions relies mainly on random biopsy sampling. Narrow band im...