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UICC Classification of Esophageal Cancer

NCT01770275 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 605

Last updated 2014-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background. The aim of our study was to investigate the ability of the Seventh edition of the classification by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) to identify patients at higher risk and to predict the overall survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma. Methods. Demographic and clinical data of 605 patients, who underwent esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma between 1992 and 2009, were analyzed. Tumor stage and grade were classified according to the sixth and seventh editions of the UICC classification.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jakob R Izbicki, MD. · Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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