Barrett's cancer: Indications, extent, a
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J. R. Siewert; H. J. Stein
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In the Western world, the prevalence of Barrett's carcinoma, i.e., adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus arising from specialized columnar epithelial metaplasia, has risen dramatically in the past two decades. High-grade dysplasia in the columnar epithelium has been identified as the precursor of m