Exploratory prospective observation study of the association with preoperative plasma substance P concentration and subclinical cerebral infarction and postoperative swallowing dysfunction in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- patients with histologically proved primary thoracic esophageal cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000032896
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 165
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. neck or abdominal esophageal cancer 2. hoarseness 3. recurrent esophageal cancer 4. gastroesophageal junctional tumor resected without right thoracotomy 5. giant lymph node metastasis in the neck 6. synchronous head and neck cancer 7. past history of surgery for head and neck cancer 8. past history of irradiation for head and neck cancer 9. cormorbidity with swallowing dysfunction 10. no indication for MRI 11. claustrophobia 12. severe mental disorder 13. judgement by attending doctor
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method