Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett's Esophagus Reduces Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Incidence and Mortality in a Comparative Modeling Analysis

Sonja Kroep; Curtis R Heberle; Kit Curtius; Chung Yin Kong; Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar; Ayman Ali; W Asher Wolf; Nicholas J Shaheen; Stuart J Spechler; Joel H Rubenstein; Norman S Nishioka; Stephen J Meltzer; William D Hazelton; Marjolein van Ballegooijen; Angela C Tramontano; G Scott Gazelle; E Georg Luebeck; John M Inadomi; Chin Hur

doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2016.12.034

Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett's Esophagus Reduces Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Incidence and Mortality in a Comparative Modeling Analysis

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sep;15(9):1471-1474. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.12.034. Epub 2017 Jan 12.

Authors

Sonja Kroep¹, Curtis R Heberle², Kit Curtius³, Chung Yin Kong⁴, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar¹, Ayman Ali², W Asher Wolf⁵, Nicholas J Shaheen⁵, Stuart J Spechler⁶, Joel H Rubenstein⁷, Norman S Nishioka⁸, Stephen J Meltzer⁹, William D Hazelton¹⁰, Marjolein van Ballegooijen¹, Angela C Tramontano¹¹, G Scott Gazelle⁴, E Georg Luebeck¹⁰, John M Inadomi¹², Chin Hur¹³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
⁶ Esophageal Diseases Center, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs (VA) North Texas Health Care System, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁷ Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, and Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁸ Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland.
¹⁰ Program in Computational Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
¹¹ Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹² Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
¹³ Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: chur@mgh-ita.org.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / epidemiology*
Adenocarcinoma / mortality*
Adenocarcinoma / prevention & control
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Barrett Esophagus / complications*
Barrett Esophagus / therapy*
Catheter Ablation / methods*
Esophageal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Esophageal Neoplasms / mortality*
Esophageal Neoplasms / prevention & control
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Survival Analysis

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grant support