Open AccessAbnormal Expression of Biomarkers in Incompletely Ablated Barrett???s Esophagus
Author(s) -
Katerina Dvorak,
Lois Ramsey,
Claire M. Payne,
Richard E. Sampliner,
Ronnie Fass,
Harris Bernstein,
Anil Prasad,
Harinder S. Garewal
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000224913.19922.7e
Subject(s) - medicine , staining , pathology , immunohistochemistry , epithelium , ablation , esophagus , barrett's esophagus , cancer , adenocarcinoma
The aim of this study was to evaluate expression of cancer risk-associated biomarkers in columnar epithelium at squamocolumnar junctions produced by an ablation procedure and proton pump inhibitors in incompletely ablated Barrett's esophagus (BE) patients that were nondysplastic prior to ablation.