The Seattle Protocol Does Not More Reliably Predict the Detection of Cancer at the Time of Esophagectomy Than a Less Intensive Surveillance Protocol Revital Kariv, Thomas P. Plesec, John R. Goldblum, Mary Bronner, Mary Oldenburgh, Thomas W. Rice, Gary W. Falk Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 653-658 (June 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.11.024 Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow chart of patient inclusion/exclusion in the study from the Cleveland Clinic superficial esophageal cancer surgical registry (1999–2006). LGD, low-grade dysplasia; HGD, high-grade dysplasia; AC, adenocarcinoma. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2009 7, 653-658DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2008.11.024) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions