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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2017 Apr 4;27(3):379–396. doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2017.02.002

Table 1.

Recommendations for Barrett’s esophagus screening

American College of Gastroenterology25 British Society of Gastroenterology26 Danish Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology29 French Society of Digestive Endoscopy28 Cancer Council Australian27
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR Men only with chronic and / or frequent GERD and two or more risk factors Patients with chronic GERD and multiple risk factors Patients with chronic, longstanding GERD at increased risk N/C N/C
PATIENTS WITH FAMILY HISTORY N/C Threshold of risk factors can be lowered in presence of family history N/C N/C N/C
POPULATION SCREENING Not recommended Not recommended Not recommended N/C Not recommended
ALTERNATIVE SCREENING METHODS TNE can be considered as an alternative N/C N/C N/C N/C

GERD, Gastro-esophageal reflux disease; N/C, no comment, TNE, transnasal endoscopy