Are sinister symptoms useful in predicting serious endoscopic findings in dyspeptic patients?

Management of dyspepsia

“…13 In this study, the presence of alarm symptoms was associated with an increased prevalence of serious esophageal pathology and the most important alarm symptom was dysphagia. However, esophageal cancer is a relatively rare malignancy in Western countries (incidence rate of 9 per 100,000 males).…”