Barretts Esophagus: Emerging Evidence for Improved Clinical Practice

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 the insight from the investigators. Research questions are described and cutting edge applications are explained. Each chapter also contains clinical scenarios to highlight the directions in which the research is and should be heading. 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 the guidelines fall short. INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-0-12-802511-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 14/03/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés