Q6

The correct answer is FALSE. Although there is a risk that Barrett's cells can mutate to oesophageal adenocarcinoma, the fifth greatest cancer killer, claiming the life of one person every 20 minutes in USA and one person an hour in UK, the vast majority of those with Barrett's do not develop cancer.

The rates are about 1 in 1000 per annum in USA and 1 in 400 in UK which has the highest rate in the world.

Those diagnosed with Barrett's are monitored with endoscopic surveillance every few years to look for changes towards cancer (called "dysplasia") whence the bad cells may be removed by ablation therapy.

6. Barrett's forms as a result of bad dietary choices

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

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