Cancer risk by length of Barrett’s esophagus in Japanese population: a nationwide multicenter retrospective cohort study

• Published in: Journal of gastroenterology Vol. 59; no. 10; pp. 887 - 895
• Main Authors: Fukuda, Sho, Watanabe, Kenta, Kubota, Dai, Yamamichi, Nobutake, Takahashi, Yu, Watanabe, Yoshitaka, Adachi, Kyoichi, Ishimura, Norihisa, Koike, Tomoyuki, Sugawara, Hideyuki, Asanuma, Kiyotaka, Abe, Yasuhiko, Kon, Takashi, Ihara, Eikichi, Haraguchi, Kazuhiro, Otsuka, Yoshihiro, Yoshimura, Rie, Iwaya, Yugo, Okamura, Takuma, Manabe, Noriaki, Horiuchi, Akira, Matsumoto, Mio, Onochi, Kengo, Takahashi, So, Yoshida, Tatsuki, Shimodaira, Yosuke, Iijima, Katsunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.10.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Adenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology; Adult; Aged; Barrett Esophagus - epidemiology; Barrett's esophagus; Colorectal Surgery; East Asian People; Endoscopy; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal carcinoma; Esophageal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Esophagoscopy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastric cancer; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Humans; Incidence; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article—Alimentary Tract; Population studies; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgical Oncology; Japan; Barrett’s esophagus; Cancer incidence; Esophageal adenocarcinoma

Background The cancer risk for each length of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) in Japanese is unknown. This nationwide, multi-institutional study aims to clarify the cancer risk by length of BE in the general Japanese population. Methods Consecutive subjects who underwent upper endoscopic screening at 17 ce...