The cells of your stomach lining may also change on their own for reasons scientists don’t yet understand. The first step in the treatment of intestinal metaplasia is using endoscopy to diagnose ...

“The main concern is that we think it’s a risk factor for development of stomach cancer,” he said ... to Helicobacter pylori eradication and endoscopic surveillance.

Endoscopic gastric biopsies from 50 patients with intestinal metaplasia distal to the cardia (corpus and antrum) were obtained at Louisiana State University Hospital. Specimens were fixed in ...

Intestinal metaplasia (IM ... you have a family history or another risk factor for stomach cancer, your healthcare provider may suggest endoscopic surveillance. This will allow them to detect ...

gastric intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and certain gastric epithelial polyps. The guideline is published in the American ...

Endoscopic resection is appropriate, and surveillance follow-up at 1 year is recommended. Gastric mapping is useful to determine whether there is atrophic gastric metaplasia, which would be an ...

pylori eradication is strongly encouraged for patients with gastric premalignant conditions. High-quality endoscopic evaluation ... gastric intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia, in sync with ...

Clinicians can help reduce gastric cancer ... high-risk groups through endoscopic screening and surveillance of precancerous conditions, such as gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), according ...

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE ... the esophagus (esophageal cancer), stomach (Helicobacter pylori infection, gastric intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer) and ...

This inflammation can lead to a pre-cancerous stage known as intestinal metaplasia. The innovative studies have uncovered crucial insights into the earliest changes in the stomach that contribute ...

This study describes our experience of intestinal metaplasia in association with early Barrett neoplasia in distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. We reviewed the first endoscopic mucosal ...

Intestinal metaplasia occurs ... a doctor will probably do an endoscopy, which involves inserting a long tube through the mouth into the food pipe and stomach. A small camera on the end of the ...