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Filter by:This is a prospective observational study designed to observe the toxicity and efficacy of PBS proton RT for patients with esophageal cancer undergoing trimodality therapy. The investigators hypothesize that PBS proton RT will be associated with a favorable adverse event profile and quality of life, with similar disease control outcomes, relative to historical comparisons of patients treated with photon RT.
Esophageal carcinoma is an aggressive malignant disease with poor prognosis. Surgical resection remains the most effective method for this malignancy. Although different approaches have been studied for the surgical resection of thoracic esophageal cancer, little evidence has been achieved due to lack of large scale multicenter randomized trials with regard to this issue: whether left transthoracic approach or right transthoracic approach is the optimal surgical approach for treating middle and lower thoracic esophageal cancer without upper mediastinal lymph node metastasis. The purpose of this study is to compare the postoperative local recurrence rate and long-term outcome of esophagectomy through left and right transthoracic approach in the middle and lower thoracic esophageal cancer patients without preoperative upper mediastinal lymph node metastasis.
Esophageal carcinoma is an aggressive malignancy with poor prognosis. Surgical resection remains the most effective method for this malignant disease. VATS esophagectomy has become more and more popular in China and around the world. Although VATS esophagectomy has been proven to be effective in preventing respiratory complications, there is still no ample evidences to demonstrate that VATS esophagectomy is as effective as traditional three-incision esophagectomy in lymph node dissection and is equal or superior in long-term survival. The purpose of this large scale prospective observational study is to compare the minimally invasive thorascopic/laparoscopic esophagectomy with traditional three-incision esophagectomy in lymph node dissection, postoperative recovery, postoperative complications, and long-term survival.
The purpose of this study is to compare the lymph node dissection results and prognosis in thoracic esophageal carcinoma patients without cervical lymph node involvement by preoperative CT and/or ultrasound treated by two-field lymphadenectomy or three-field lymphadenectomy.Another purpose of this study is to clarify whether the lymph node along the right recurrent laryngeal nerve can be taken as the sentinel lymph node which is able to indicate neck lymph node metastasis and necessity for three-field lymphadenectomy.
Aim 1: To develop a prospective tissue and blood biorepository from patients with a history of Barrett's Esophagus (BE) or esophageal cancer (ECA) presenting to UNC hospitals for routine care upper endoscopy for their condition. Aim 2: To collect clinical data from patients with a history of Barrett's Esophagus (BE) or esophageal cancer (ECA) that includes demographic data, endoscopic procedure data, and pathology data. Aim 3: To integrate Aim 1 and 2 in a manner that will provide an efficient bi-directional flow of clinical information and specimens between laboratory and clinical scientists in order to foster innovative translational research. Aim 4: To create a biorepository for future Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved studies that have tissue and/or blood specimen component.
FDG PET-CT image acquisition in the abdominal and thoracic region is influenced by organ motion. Respiratory movement blurs the metabolic signal of the esophageal tumor and lymph nodes. The investigators hypothesize that the metabolic signal obtained with motion compensation results in higher SUV-max values and clearer demarcation of the esophageal tumor and lymph nodes.
The study's aim is to define imaging and molecular bio-markers for prediction of radiotherapy response of squamous cell carcinomas, in an early treatment phase.
A first-in-human sttudy using PCA062 in patients with p-CAD positive solid tumors.
To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (Icotinib) with concurrent radiotherapy in older patients with esophageal cancer.
The primary objective of this study is to document all cases of EUS in patients with esophageal cancer and determine if the inability to advance the gastroscope beyond the tumor correlates with locally advanced disease stage at Endoscopic Ultrasound.