Endoscopic therapy of Barrett's: what more do we need to know?
Results emerging from endoscopic treatments to ablate Barrett's oesophagus indicate that APC alone or ALA-PDT in combination with APC achieves complete clearance of Barrett's epithelium in approximately two thirds of patients.
Van Laethem
J-L
JL
Department of Gastroenterology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. jvlaethe@ulb.ac.be
Devière
J
J
D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid