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Barrett's oesophagus: Intestinal metaplasia is not essential for cancer risk

C Kelty, Martin Gough, Quintin Van Wyk, Timothy J. Stephenson, Roger Ackroyd

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology · 2007 · 225 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Patients who have glandular mucosa on biopsy without intestinal metaplasia have a similar cancer risk to those with specialized intestinal metaplasia.

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