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Managing Barrett's oesophagus

Geoffrey S Hebbard and Sanjay Nandurkar
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (8): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05987.x
Published online: 19 April 2004

Can chemoprevention reduce the risk of progression to malignancy?


  • 1 Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Department of Gastroenterology, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, VIC.


Correspondence: 

Competing interests:

G S H has acted as a consultant to AstraZeneca, Novartis and Pharmacia (Pfizer), and has received research support, sponsored travel and honoraria for speaking from AstraZeneca, Novartis and Wyeth. S N has acted in an advisory capacity to Pharmacia and has received research support, sponsored travel and honoraria for speaking from AstraZeneca and Pharmacia (Pfizer).

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