Barrett's Esophagus News

• DDW 2022 Alarming Increase in Esophageal Cancer in Middle-Aged Adults The prevalence of esophageal cancer and Barett's esophagus has increased substantially among middle-aged adults during the past 5 years, warn the authors of a new study from Florida.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Noninvasive Esophageal Cancer Screening May Reach More Patients Noninvasive approaches have lower sensitivity and specificity than endoscopic screening, but greater access could make them cost effective.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• POEM Use for Achalasia Growing, Reimbursement Urged POEM (per-oral endoscopic myotomy) is increasingly being used to manage achalasia, but healthcare utilization and costs should be compared with other treatment options, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, April 29, 2022
• New Barrett's Esophagus Guideline Reduces Reliance on Endoscopy A new guideline for Barrett's esophagus endorses a less invasive approach to screening.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2022
• GERD: Practice Update Outlines Personalized Management Approach The practice update includes how to approach symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the clinic, personalized diagnosis related to GERD symptoms, and precision management.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2022
• Deprescribing PPIs: AGA Clinical Practice Update Offers Guidance Fear of adverse events often drive interest in de-escalating or stopping PPIs, but many fears are unfounded.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• Model Predicts Recurrence After Eradication of Early Barrett's Neoplasia A new model that predicts recurrence after endoscopic eradication of Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia or early cancer can help establish a personalized follow-up strategy for patients, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2022
• Esophageal Cancer: RFA Has Long-Lasting Protective Effects A 10-year report from the United Kingdom shows the benefits are durable for patients with Barrett's esophagus.
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2022
• Cytosponge for Detecting Barrett's and Esophageal Cancer A sponge device that is swallowed and then retrieved with cells from the esophagus is being investigated as an alternative to endoscopy for diagnosing Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 31, 2022
• 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
• Many US Patients With Esophageal Cancers Do Not Undergo Screening A large majority of US patients with esophageal cancer have not undergone esophagogastroduodenoscopy screening before their diagnosis, a new study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, January 04, 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
• Rise in Esophageal Cancer in Young Adults. Is Lifestyle to Blame? Over the past 30 years in the Netherlands, the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has tripled in adults younger than age 50, from 0.34 cases per 100,000 in 1989 to 0.92 per 100,000 in 2018, new research indicates.
  Reuters Health Information, October 08, 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
• Gastric Cardia Culprit in Barrett's Esophagus, Transformative Mechanism Identified A series of lab experiments pinpointed the gastric cardia as the cellular origin of Barrett's esophagus (BE) and showed how undifferentiated BE cells can turn malignant.
  Reuters Health Information, August 17, 2021
• When to Stop Surveillance for Nondysplastic Barrett's Esophagus? In the absence of comorbidities, discontinuing endoscopic surveillance of nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus in women in their mid-70s and men in their early 80s may be the most cost-effective approach, according to a comparative analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, May 31, 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