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Endoscopy 2000; 32(5): 411-418
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8998
ESGE Opinion Paper
Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

The Second European Endoscopy Forum (Sintra, Portugal, 17 - 18 June 1999): Twenty Questions on the Esophagogastric Junction

A. Axon 1 , R. Lambert 2 , M. Robaszkiewicz 3 , T. Rösch 4 , A. Sonnenberg 5
  • 1 Division of Gastroenterology, The General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
  • 2 Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital E. Herriot, Lyon, France
  • 3 Department of Gastroenterology, CHU de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France
  • 4 Department of Internal Medicine II, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • 5 Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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31 December 2000 (online)

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Introduction

The purpose of the Second European Endoscopy Forum was to agree on definitions and to discuss the pathogenesis of Barrett's esophagus (BE) and associated adenocarcinoma. It was agreed that the term “Barrett's esophagus” was a good one, since although our current concepts of this condition do not necessarily coincide with those originally described by Barrett, the use of the term is generally understood, and it is concise. The Symposium generally focused on the diagnosis and endoscopic management of BE, as well as on cost-effectiveness aspects.

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