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Long-term endoscopic surveillance for Barrett's esophagus in Japan: Multicenter prospective cohort study

Journal

DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY
Volume 33, Issue 7, Pages 1085-1092

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/den.13910

Keywords

Barrett's esophagus; endoscopic surveillance; esophageal adenocarcinoma; incidence of cancer

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This study followed 98 patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) of maximum length ≥ 2 cm in Japan for over 5 years and found that the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) was 0.47% per year, lower than the previously reported 1.2% per year. Further large-scale studies are needed to validate these results.
Objects: Although a recent study showed the cancer incidence of Barrett's esophagus (BE) to be 1.2%/year in 251 patient-years in Japan, the long-term outcomes remain unclear. The present study estimated the cancer risk of BE in Japan using our original prospective multicenter cohort. Methods: A total of 98 patients with BE of maximum length of >= 2 cm were enrolled during the period of 2010-2012 and received at least one follow-up endoscopy over 5 years thereafter. Cancer incidence rates with 95% confidence interval for occurrence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) were calculated as the number of events divided by patient-years of follow-up and were expressed as %/year. Results: Overall, the median endoscopic follow-up period was 59.9 (first and third quartiles, 48.5-60.8) months, constituting a total of 427 patient-years of observation. Since two EAC cases developed, the cancer incidence was 0.47% (0.01%-1.81%)/year. The cancer incidence was 0.39% (-0.16% to 2.44%) in 232 patient-years and 0.31% (-0.13% to 1.95%)/year in 318 patient-years for 55 cases with specialized intestinal metaplasia and 70 with BE >= 3 cm (maximum), respectively. At the end of follow-up, 12 of 92 patients (13.0%) died, but none died from EAC. Conclusion: This is the largest prospective follow-up study with endoscopy to investigate the incidence of EAC in unequivocal BE with the maximum length of >= 2 cm in Japan. Although a further large-scale study will be required to validate our results, the cancer risk of BE in Japan would be lower than previously reported (0.47% vs 1.2%/year).

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