Main 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.

Contents:

Chapter 1. A disease entity is identified
Chapter 2. Fluctuating risk factors and epidemiology
Chapter 3. Metaplasia and dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus
Chapter 4. Genetics of Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: implications for prevention, diagnosis and treatment
Chapter 5. Biomarkers in Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Chapter 6. Diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus
Chapter 7. Screening and surveillance of Barrett's esophagus
Chapter 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 ablation
Chapter 14. Endoscopic surgical therapies
Chapter 15. Chemoprevention of Barrett's and Adenocarcinoma
Chapter 16. Post treatment surveillance, risk for recurrence of Barrett's and adenocarcinoma after treatment