Barrett’s Esophagus,
Edition 1
Emerging Evidence for Improved Clinical Practice
By Douglas Pleskow, MD and Tolga Erim
Publication Date:
29 Mar 2016
Description
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.
Key Features
- Provides a perspective into the research behind Barrett’s Esophagus
- Emphasizes the emerging technologies in surveillance and treatment of Barrett’s
- Features clinical scenarios to highlight the directions in which research is, and should be, heading
- Includes coverage of current guidelines and discussions on where these guidelines fall short
About the author
By Douglas Pleskow, MD, Director, Colon Cancer Center; Co-Director, GI Endoscopy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians; Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA and Tolga Erim, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, USA
Table of Contents
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
Book details
ISBN:
9780128025116
Page Count: 234
Retail Price
:
£97.00
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Audience
Gastroenterology Researchers and Gastroenterologists.
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