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Identification of Prognostic Phenotypes of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in 2 Independent Cohorts.
Gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2018
Sawas Tarek, Killcoyne Sarah, Iyer Prasad G, Wang Kenneth K, Smyrk Thomas C, Kisiel John B, Qin Yi, Ahlquist David A, Rustgi Anil K, Costa Rui J, Gerstung Moritz, Fitzgerald Rebecca C, Katzka David A
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Most patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) present with de novo tumors. Although this could be due to inadequate screening strategies, the precise reason for this observation is not clear. We compared survival of patients with prevalent EAC with and without synchronous Barrett esophagus (BE) with intestinal metaplasia (IM) at the time of EAC diagnosis. METHODS: Clinical data were...
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