A group of doctors from the Cleveland Clinic have begun to focus on better understanding the risk of developing complications for patients with Barrett’s esophagus undergoing organ transplantation on a larger scale. Recently, there have been several smaller studies showing a high risk of progression to high grade dysplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with Barrett’s esophagus who underwent solid organ transplantation. However, these studies generally had a lack of a control population. Source: MDMag. To view the third party content, kindly click on the link below or read more. You will then leave this site and enter a third party site.

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