Meanings of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in English

During the last 30 years, the incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma has increased rapidly.

Methods: Consecutive patients with oesophageal adenocarcinoma who underwent PET-CT before neoadjuvant chemotherapy and resection were included.

Patients with Barrett's oesophagus have an increased risk of developing oesophageal adenocarcinoma and should be kept under surveillance.

There are few epidemiological data on the dietary risk factors of Barrett's oesophagus, a precursor of oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (EADC) is rapidly increasing in Western countries and obesity is thought to be a major risk factor.

The present data confirm that dedicated gastrointestinal pathologists with broad experience are preferred when grading the resection specimens of patients with early oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

Conclusions: The reproducibility of the Japanese classification is good in terms of inter- and intraobserver variability when grading early oesophageal adenocarcinoma on surgical resection specimens.