Table 1 Criteria for including studies in this review
Parameter | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
|  | • Randomized or controlled (e.g., pseudo-randomized or quasi-randomized) trials |  |
Study design | • Non-randomized clinical trials | • Editorials & opinion pieces |
|  | • Retrospective, prospective, or concurrent cohort studies | • Review articles |
|  | • Case or clinical series |  |
Participants | • Patients diagnosed with BE | • Patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer or other conditions |
|  | • PDT |  |
Interventions | • Esophagectomy |  |
|  | • EMR |  |
|  | • Other endoscopic treatments (cryoablation, laser ablation, APC, MPEC, RFA, thermocoagulation) |  |
Comparators | • Same as interventions above |  |
Outcomes | • Not used for inclusion/exclusion due to heterogeneity of data |  |