Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 429-436 , August 2005

The Perception of Cancer Risk in Patients With Prevalent Barrett’s Esophagus Enrolled in an Endoscopic Surveillance Program

Presented in abstract form in the Outcomes Plenary of the 2003 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, October 14, 2003.

  • Nicholas J. Shaheen

      Affiliations

    • Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, CB#7080, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7080. fax: (919) 843-2508.
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  • Bryan Green

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Raj K. Medapalli

      Affiliations

    • Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill
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  • Kate L. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill
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  • Jeffrey T. Wei

      Affiliations

    • Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill
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  • Sarah M. Schmitz

      Affiliations

    • Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill
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  • Lindsay M. West

      Affiliations

    • Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill
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  • Alphonso Brown

      Affiliations

    • Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill
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  • Marc Noble

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Shahnaz Sultan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Dawn Provenzale

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, and the Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, Durham Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Received 17 December 2004 ,Accepted 11 May 2005.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant K23DK59311-01 (to N.J.S.) and grant K24DK02926 (to D.P.).

PII: S0016-5085(05)01080-2

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.05.055

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 429-436 , August 2005

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