Massimo Rugge, Giovanni Zaninotto, Paola Parente, Lisa Zanatta, Francesco Cavallin, Bastianello Germanà, Ettore Macrì, Ermenegildo Galliani, Paolo Iuzzolino, Francesco Ferrara, Renato Marin, Emiliano Nisi, Gaetano Iaderosa, Michele Deboni, Angelo Bellumat, Flavio Valiante, Georgeta Florea, Duilio Della Libera, Marco Benini, Laura Bortesi, Alberto Meggio, Maria G Zorzi, Giovanni Depretis, Gianni Miori, Luca Morelli, Giovanni Cataudella, Emanuele S G d'Amore, Emanuele Dʼamore, Ilaria Franceschetti, Loredana Bozzola, Elisabetta Paternello, Cristina Antonini, Francesco Di Mario, Nadia Dal Bò, Alberto Furlanetto, Lorenzo Norberto, Lino Polese, Silvia Iommarini, Fabio Farinati, Giorgio Battaglia, Giorgio Diamantis, Stefano Realdon, Ennio Guido, Gaetano Mastropaolo, Daniele Canova, Antonello Guerini, Marilisa Franceschi, Maurizio Zirillo
OBJECTIVE: To establish the incidence and risk factors for progression to high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HG-IEN) or Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinoma (BAc) in a prospective cohort of patients with esophageal intestinal metaplasia [(BE)]. BACKGROUND: BE is associated with an increased risk of BAc unless cases are detected early by surveillance. No consistent data are available on the prevalence of BE-related cancer, the ideal surveillance schedule, or the risk factors for cancer...
November 2012: Annals of Surgery