OTU-16 A machine learning-based model to predict the presence of barrett’s oesophagus

Introduction

Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) is the only known precursor of esophageal adenocarcinoma. The current gold-standard test for diagnosing BO is endoscopy which is expensive and impractical as a population screening tool. We aimed to develop a robust questionnaire that could be used in routine clinical practice to identify patients with different likelihoods of having BO.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed data from two...