Endosonographic elastrography as an additional diagnostic criteria for lymph node staging in esohageal cancer.
Completed
- Conditions
- C15.9Oesophagus, unspecified
- Registration Number
- DRKS00003262
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. Horst-Schmidt-Klinik WiesbadenII. Medizinische Klinik
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Known esophageal cancer with suspicios lymphnode and planned for endosonographic lymph node biopsy
Exclusion Criteria
1. Missing consent / agreement
2. Patient in bad condition for endoscopy or lymph node biopsy
3. Patients with coagulopathy or anticoagulative medication which is a contraindication for lymphnode biopsy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Agreement between diagnosis made by endoscopist and computer analyzation and histologic diagnose made by pathologist
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Statistical predictive power of sonographic criteria in comparison to elastography.