Review of Barrett’s Oesophagus to Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: New Prospect
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physiological changes in epithelial form and function(1). It was a pre-malignant disease of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OA) in which normal oesophageal epithelia were replaced by columnar epithelia at gastro-oesophgeal junction(2-8). The increasing incidence of BO and OA over the last two decades shows that it was becoming a major public health concern in developed countries such as the US, UK and north of Iran. BO was identified sporadically in 10% of patients suffering from chronic gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GORD)(9). Many studies have been carried out with respect to the factors involved in the cellular and molecular processes associated with the replacement of squamous epithelial cells with columnar cells. Caucasian or Hispanic race, lifestyle and male gender are recognised risk factors(5,6,10,11). Review of Barrett’s Oesophagus to Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: New Prospect
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