Reviewer's report
Title:Macroscopic Extent of Gastric Mucosal Atrophy: Increased Risk Factor for
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Japan
Version: 1Date:24 March 2009
Reviewer: Elfriede Bollschweiler
Reviewer's report:
Review for BMC gastroenterology
Title: Macroscopic Extent of Gastric Mucosal Atrophy: Increased Risk Factor for
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Japan.
Authors: Tomoyuki Akiyama et al.
The above mention manuscript is a case-control study analyzing the
macroscopic extent of gastric mucosal atrophy as risk factor for esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma. The authors compared the endoscopic figures of 253
patients with esophageal cancer with those of 253 age- and sex matched
controls. The results show very clearly the relations between gastric atrophy and
esophageal cancer . The paper is well written and the statistic is adequate for
this question.
My conclusion, this is a good manuscript with an interesting topic and should be
published.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
'I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Macroscopic Extent of Gastric Mucosal Atrophy: Increased Risk Factor for
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Japan
Version: 1Date:24 March 2009
Reviewer: Elfriede Bollschweiler
Reviewer's report:
Review for BMC gastroenterology
Title: Macroscopic Extent of Gastric Mucosal Atrophy: Increased Risk Factor for
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Japan.
Authors: Tomoyuki Akiyama et al.
The above mention manuscript is a case-control study analyzing the
macroscopic extent of gastric mucosal atrophy as risk factor for esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma. The authors compared the endoscopic figures of 253
patients with esophageal cancer with those of 253 age- and sex matched
controls. The results show very clearly the relations between gastric atrophy and
esophageal cancer . The paper is well written and the statistic is adequate for
this question.
My conclusion, this is a good manuscript with an interesting topic and should be
published.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
'I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Macroscopic Extent of Gastric Mucosal Atrophy: Increased Risk Factor for
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Japan
Version: 1Date:24 March 2009
Reviewer: Elfriede Bollschweiler
Reviewer's report:
Review for BMC gastroenterology
Title: Macroscopic Extent of Gastric Mucosal Atrophy: Increased Risk Factor for
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Japan.
Authors: Tomoyuki Akiyama et al.
The above mention manuscript is a case-control study analyzing the
macroscopic extent of gastric mucosal atrophy as risk factor for esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma. The authors compared the endoscopic figures of 253
patients with esophageal cancer with those of 253 age- and sex matched
controls. The results show very clearly the relations between gastric atrophy and
esophageal cancer . The paper is well written and the statistic is adequate for
this question.
My conclusion, this is a good manuscript with an interesting topic and should be
published.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
'I declare that I have no competing interests
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