Feasibility of MRI in patients with esophageal tumors
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Esophageal cancer10017991
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON47597
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 35
Inclusion Criteria
1) Patients with histologically proven primary esophageal cancer for whom a
surgical procedure (either with or without preoperatve CRT) is planned.
2) Referred for treatment in the AMC.
3) Written informed consent.
Further, at least fifteen out of the twenty-five patients referred for
preoperative CRT should undergo pre-treatment EUS-guided radiopaque marker
implantation.
Exclusion Criteria
1) Contra indication for MRI.
2) Contra indication for gadolinium contrast administration.
3) Recurrent tumor after an esophageal resection.
4) Pregnant women.
5) Age < 18 years.
6) Unwilling to participate in the study and to sign informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The feasibility of MRI of esophageal cancer with emphasis on visualization of<br /><br>1) the tumor extent in longitudinal direction and 2) the involved lymph nodes. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Niet van toepassing.</p><br>