SAGES 2010: Barrett's Esophagus Still a Conundrum for Surgeons

At the recent 12th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, hosted by the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, physicians discussed the challenges of identifying patients at risk of esophageal cancer. Barrett’s esophagus has long been known as a risk factor, but it remains a mystery as to how to predict which patients with Barrett’s will progress to esophageal cancer and who to screen in order to prevent it,