Endoscopic therapy for Barrett’s esophagus and early esophageal cancer: Where do we go from here?

Table 1 Comparing the efficacy and complication rate of various endoscopic techniques

Technique	Efficacy	Complication rate
Radiofrequency ablation	CE-D: 92%-98%[15,16]	Strictures: 5%-6%[26]
	CE-IM: 88%-91%[15,16]	Chest pain: 3.8%
		Bleeding: 1%
Cryotherapy	CE-D: 95%[30,33]	Strictures: 3%-13%[33,34]
	CE-IM: 88%[30,33]	Bleeding: 2%
Argon plasma coagulation	CE-IM: 58%-78%[38,40]	Stricture: 4%[40,47]
		Bleeding: 4%
		Perforation: 2%
Photodynamic therapy	CE-D: 80%[50,51]	Photosensitivity: 69%[57]
	CE-IM: 43%-53%[50,51]	Stricture: 36%[58]

CE-D: Complete eradication of dysplasia; CE-IM: Complete eradication of intestinal metaplasia.