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Recent Advances in Imaging of Barrett’s Esophagus

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Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is a premalignant condition that can progress to esophageal adenocarcinoma. Recent advances in mucosal imaging have led to better detection and characterization of dysplasia and early cancer in BE. There is increasing interest in advanced imaging modalities which may enable endoscopists to detect and characterise dysplasia and early cancer. Although some of these technologies still remain investigational, others have been incorporated into the mainstream practice with variable results.

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  1. Surgical Unit, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Shekhar Sharma & Edward Gibson

  2. Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopic Training and Learning Center, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer, Osaka, Japan

    Noriya Uedo

  3. Gastroenterology Unit, Lyell McEwin Hospital, South Australia, Australia

    Rajvinder Singh

  4. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    Rajvinder Singh

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Sharma, S., Gibson, E., Uedo, N., Singh, R. (2018). Recent Advances in Imaging of Barrett’s Esophagus. In: Sridhar, S., Wu, G. (eds) Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology. Clinical Gastroenterology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62993-3_5

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