title: Endoscopic management of Barrett's esophagus: advances in endoscopic techniques.
abstract: Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a well-known premalignant condition that can be associated with the development of dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. In the past, esophagectomy was the standard treatment for patients with BE with high grade dysplasia (HGD) and early cancer (EC). However, esophagectomy is not necessarily the only treatment response to HGD and EC anymore. Over the past decade, a number of endoscopic therapies have been developed for management of BE. These include endoscopic mucosal resection, thermal ablation techniques that use laser irradiation, multipolar electrocoagulation, argon plasma coagulation, photodynamic therapy, and the recently developed cryotherapy and radiofrequency ablation.
authors: State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Azarm
authors: Ismet
authors: I
authors: Lukolic
authors: Meenal
authors: M
authors: Shukla
authors: Ronald
authors: R
authors: Concha-Parra
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Gress
mesh_terms: D057908:Argon Plasma Coagulation; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000628:therapy*; D017679:Cryotherapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy