Spectroscopic diagnosis of esophageal dysplasia

On January 22, 2014December 18, 2013 By GIEjournalIn InvestigationsLeave a comment

Max Almond, MB, ChB, DM, from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester, United Kingdom, discusses his original article "Endoscopic Raman spectroscopy enables objective diagnosis of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus" from the January issue. This study evaluated a novel endoscopic diagnostic probe for use in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Up to 57% of Barrett's-associated dysplasia may be missed …

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Editor’s Choice- Dr. Jenifer Lightdale

On May 1, 2013April 25, 2013 By GIEjournalIn InvestigationsLeave a comment

Associate Editor, Jenifer Lightdale, MD, MPH, recommends the article "Clinical utility and interobserver agreement of autofluorescence imaging and magnification narrow-band imaging for the evaluation of Barrett's esophagus: a prospective tandem study" by Giacchino et al from the May issue of GIE. In this study, the authors investigated autofluorescence imaging (AFI) and magnification narrow band imaging …

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