1. Disproportionate cancer worries in ultra‐short‐segment Barrett's esophagus in Japan
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Sho Fukuda, Kenta Watanabe, So Takahashi, Tatsuki Yoshida, Shusei Fujimori, Taiga Komatsu, Yosuke Shimodaira, Tamotsu Matsuhashi, and Katsunori Iijima
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Barrett's esophagus ,cancer perception ,cancer risk ,cancer worry ,questionnaire survey ,Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology ,RC799-869 - Abstract
Abstract Objectives Although Barrett's esophagus (BE), especially ultra‐short‐segment BE (USSBE), is very frequently diagnosed in Japan, how subjects feel about receiving a diagnosis of BE is unclear. We therefore prospectively investigated cancer worry in subjects who received a BE diagnosis. Methods Self‐administered questionnaires were sent to subjects who were diagnosed with BE at three health checkup institutes in Akita Prefecture, Japan. The cancer worry scale (CWS) was used to quantitatively assess the fear of developing cancer. The BE subjects were classified into USSBE
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- 2024
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