Sameer Zar - The Royal Marsden
Sameer Zar - The Royal Marsden
Sameer Zar - The Royal Marsden
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Marsden</strong><br />
Screening For Barrett’s Oesophagus<br />
General population<br />
– 1.6% of general population has Barrett’s<br />
Ronkainen J, Gastroenterology 2005; 129:1825.<br />
– 44 percent of patients lack "troublesome heartburn<br />
and/or acid regurgitation during the past three months<br />
GORD patient<br />
– 14% of adult population has weekly reflux symptoms<br />
(40% have monthly symptoms)<br />
– In patients with GORD symptoms, long-segment<br />
Barrett's oesophagus is found in 3 - 5 % and shortsegment<br />
Barrett's in 10 - 15 %<br />
Winters C Jr,. Gastroenterology 1987; 92:118.<br />
Spechler SJ. N Engl J Med 2002; 346:836.
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