This cohort included 78 people with a normal esophagus, 77 with BE ... Then, a clinician pulls gently on the string to retrieve the sponge, which collects cells from the esophagus on the way back up.

Barrett's esophagus is an acquired metaplastic abnormality in which the normal stratified squamous epithelium lining of the esophagus is replaced by an intestinal-like columnar epithelium.

In this study, researchers used a special technique called HS-SPME-GC-MS to investigate the smells given off by esophageal cancer cells (KYSE150) and normal esophageal cells (HEECs). They focused ...

in length, in the left lateral wall of the esophagus. The adjacent esophagus was normal. The mucosa was inverted and the esophagus was sutured with 5 No. 000 silk Lembert sutures. The pleural ...