Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Quality of life in patients with various Barrett's esophagus associated health states | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Quality of life in patients with various Barrett s esophagus associated health states Chin Hur 1 2 Eve Wittenberg2 Norman S Nishioka1 and G Scott Gazelle2 3 Open Access Address Gastrointestinal Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA USA institute for Technology Assessment Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA USA and 3Department of Health Policy and Management GSG Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA USA Email Chin Hur - chur@ Eve Wittenberg - eve@ Norman S Nishioka - nnishioka@ G Scott Gazelle - scott@ Corresponding author Published 02 August 2006 Received 01 June 2006 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006 4 45 doi 1477-7525-4-45 Accepted 02 August 2006 This article is available from http content 4 1 45 2006 Hur et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The management of Barrett s esophagus BE particularly high grade dysplasia HGD is an area of much debate and controversy. Surgical esophagectomy intensive endoscopic surveillance and mucosal ablative techniques especially photodynamic therapy PDT have been proposed as possible management strategies. The purpose of this study was to determine the health related quality of life associated with Barrett s esophagus and many of the pivotal health states associated with Barrett s HGD management. Methods 20 patients with Barrett s esophagus were enrolled in a pilot survey study at a large urban hospital. The utility of Barrett s esophagus without dysplasia current health state as well as various health states associated with HGD management hypothetical states as the subject did not have HGD were measured .
