Barrett's Esophagus News

• GICS 2022 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Valuable for Cancer Diagnosis Surgeons should perform EMR for all visible lesions in the presence of neoplasia to make an accurate histopathologic diagnosis of early-stage esophageal cancer, said a physician at GICS 2022.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2022
• Upper Endoscopy May Reduce GI Cancer Mortality The relatively high incidence of upper GI cancer among patients with GERD suggests benefit from even one endoscopy, according to the investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2021
• Surveillance After ESD for Dysplasia and Early-Stage GI Cancer Proposed surveillance intervals and strategies are necessary following endoscopic submucosal dissection of dysplasia and early gastrointestinal cancer considered pathologically curative.
  Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2021
• GERD Guideline Addresses Increased Scrutiny of PPI Therapy For the right patient with GERD, PPIs remain the medical treatment of choice, and their benefits outweigh the potential risks when used at the lowest effective dose, the ACG says.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2021
• WATS-3D Increases Dysplasia Detection in Barrett Esophagus WATS-3D increased detection of dysplasia when used as an adjunct to the Seattle forceps biopsy protocol in patients with Barrett esophagus, according to a recent meta-analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2021
• Climate Change Demands 'Green' Endoscopy With endoscopy potentially having one of the highest environmental impacts of any healthcare procedure, endoscopists must take steps to improve sustainability.
  Medscape Medical News, September 03, 2021
• DDW 2021 Prebiotic in Development Shows Promise for Reducing GERD Symptoms Researchers are investigating a novel prebiotic that decreases the proportion of harmful bacteria in the distal esophagus for people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2021
• Consider Risk for Barrett's Esophagus After Bariatric Surgery Patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy show high prevalence of Barrett's esophagus in long-term follow-up.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2021
• AI System Beats Endoscopists for Detecting Neoplasia in Barrett's The deep-learning system is designed to reduce the rate of failed detection of high-grade dysplasia and early adenocarcinoma in patients undergoing surveillance by gastrointestinal endoscopists.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2021
• Adherence to Antireflux Lifestyle Factors Shows Benefit in Women Antireflux lifestyle factors may significantly reduce the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to an analysis involving almost 43,000 women.
  Medscape Medical News, March 22, 2021
• Swallowable 'Sponge on String' to Diagnose Esophageal Cancer A simple swallowable device consisting of a sponge in a capsule successfully identified Barrett's esophagus and cancer in a large clinical utility trial.
  Medscape Medical News, August 12, 2020
• Should Docs Stop Providing Routine Care in the Era of COVID-19? Kids should receive the usual vaccines on time, but adult vaccines can wait, experts say. Many follow-up visits can be conducted via telehealth. Elective surgeries should be delayed.
  Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2020
• Proton Pump Inhibitors Linked to Gastroenteritis Continuous use of proton pump inhibitors was associated with acute gastroenteritis, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2019
• PPIs Appear Largely Safe in Multiyear Trial Proton pump inhibitors were not associated with any adverse event when used for three3 years, except for an increased risk for enteric infections, new findings show.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2019
• New Device Finds Patients at Risk for Esophageal Cancer A novel esophageal sampling device identifies patients at risk for esophageal cancer without standard endoscopy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 29, 2019
• ACG 2018 What's Hot at the ACG 2018 Experts and rising stars in the field of gastroenterology will provide clinical updates on common and not-so-common gastrointestinal disorders at the American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, October 01, 2018
• Could HPV Be Prognostic in Esophageal Cancer Too? HPV positivity is associated with significantly better outcomes in patients with Barrett's high-grade dysplasia or esophageal adenocarcinoma, suggesting less intensive therapy might be considered.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2018
• ASCO 2018 Aspirin Plus PPI Prevents Esophageal Cancer Barrett's esophagus doesn't commonly progress to cancer, but there is a risk; chemoprevention with aspirin plus proton pump inhibitor (PPI) works, but also carries a risk.
  Medscape Medical News, June 05, 2018
• Long-term PPI Use and Increased Esophageal CA Risk A single cohort study shows an increased risk for esophageal cancer in patients taking long-term proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy, but experts are skeptical about the finding.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2018
• Swallowable Balloon Device Detects Barrett's Esophagus A pill-sized device, which can be swallowed without sedation, picks up DNA samples for analysis to detect Barrett's esophagus, a prescursor to cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 22, 2018