Surveillance strategy of Barrett's esophagus in the Asian region with particular reference to its locoregional epidemiology

Jia Di; Neel Sharma; Lady K M Pérez; Jun Zhang; Khek-Yu Ho

doi:10.1002/jgh3.12350

Surveillance strategy of Barrett's esophagus in the Asian region with particular reference to its locoregional epidemiology

JGH Open. 2020 May 12;4(4):565-568. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12350. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Jia Di^{1

2}, Neel Sharma³, Lady K M Pérez⁴, Jun Zhang², Khek-Yu Ho¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore.
² Department of Gastroenterology Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an China.
³ Department of Gastroenterology Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Birmingham UK.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Ohio USA.

Abstract

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a premalignant condition associated with the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Over the past decade, BE and its associated neoplasia has increased in prevalence globally. Current surveillance guidelines aimed to detect and treat BE-associated dysplasia early in the hope of improving the morbidity and mortality of the condition. However, due to the lack of long-term data and the proven benefit that surveillance actually improves mortality from EAC, the guidelines of the United States and Europe are slightly different. This review will focus on discussing the surveillance strategy for BE appropriate for the Asian region, taking into account the unique epidemiologic features of this disease in the Asian region.

Keywords: Asian region; Barrett's esophagus; epidemiology; surveillance.

Publication types

Review