Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 399-401 , March 2008

Cancer incidence in Barrett's esophagus: does it really matter, and who's counting anyway?

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 See CME section; p. 509.

PII: S0016-5107(07)02728-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.09.029

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 399-401 , March 2008