OESO - Barrett’s Esophagus

Volumes I & II
A BOOK IN ENGLISH
This 6th volume of OESO has the advantage to adress a topic which is at the forefront of concern for all those involved with disease of the upper digestive tract: an entity inserted in the epidemiological sequence of GERD, a benign affection among the most widespread in the world, Barrett’s esophagus, has become today a problem of Public Health.
Its recognized propensity to degenerate has, in fact, made it one of the benign lesions of the upper digestive tract which legitimately arouses the convergent interest of clinicians, as well as those devoted to fundamental research.
Large scale epidemiological studies, the development of even sharper means for early detection of the precursory signs of its degeneration, the extreme diversity of the treatments available today, all lend new perspectives to the different centers of interest of this book.
Contents:
VOLUME I
The definition of “Barrett’s esophagus”
Etiology and origins of Barrett’s epithelium
The main etiological factors
Diagnosis
Short Barrett’s esophagus
Pathophysiology
Acid reflux
Alkaline reflux
Achalasia and Barrett’s esophagus
Dysplasia
Low-grade dysplasia
High-grade dysplasia
Markers
VOLUME II
Treatments
Medical treatments
Surgical treatments
Ablation therapy
Screening and surveillance
Regression
Adenocarcinomas