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BETRNet: Barrett's Esophagus Translational Research Network

Snapshot of BETRNet PR/VR collection as of close of business on 01 March 2023 Selected descriptive statistics are shown. Additional clinical and histological covariates, and regulator compliance data, available in full dataset.
Demographic or exposure category Total cases:
unique patients
Barrett's cases:
unique specimens
Adenocarcinoma cases:
unique specimens
Blood1 Tissue2 Blood3 Tissue4
TOTAL 9009 693 8373 780 749
Sex
Female Gender 2216 116 2100 103 98
Male Gender 6555 577 6004 677 651
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native 28 1 35 0 0
Asian 96 5 93 0 0
Black or African American 384 6 101 4 4
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 6 2 0 0 0
White 7642 639 7477 766 735
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino 4888 330 7544 68 0
Hispanic or Latino 62 6 33 0 0
Age
< 50 1105 75 550 66 61
>= 50 7251 617 7823 714 688
1Blood draws with highest associated esophageal pathology in BE spectrum (SIM, LGD, HGD, indefinite dysplasia)
2Includes cytology as well as tissue specimens with BE tissue of origin in patients with highest associated esophageal pathology in BE spectrum.
3Blood draws with highest associated esophageal pathology of adenocarcinoma (EAC or JAC)
4Includes esophagectomy as well as biopsy specimens in patients with EAC/JAC.