Endoscopic Resection Without Subsequent Ablation Therapy for Early Barrett's Neoplasia: Endoscopic Findings and Long-Term Mortality.

"This study was based on the Barrett Expert Center registry (BEC registry) (Netherlands Trial Register, NL7039), which has been described in detail earlier . In short, this registry captures outcomes for all patients with Barrett’s neoplasia in the Netherlands who underwent endoscopic treatment since 2008. Care for BE neoplasia in the Netherlands is centralized in 8 Barrett Expert Centers (BECs), with the implication that every patient in the Netherlands is treated in one of these expert centers. This centralized organization of care was established in 2007. At that moment, a joint training program was launched for endoscopists and pathologists, one of both from each center. All BE care in the Netherlands since then has been provided by the specifically trained endoscopists and pathologists. The BECs adhered to a common treatment and follow-up protocol, and several meetings a year were held to further guarantee homogeneity. Apart from this close collaboration for clinical care, a solid joint research infrastructure was founded and resulted in multiple publications in the field of pathology –, imaging –, and treatment , , – of early BE neoplasia."