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Circumferential Section Pane Less Than 1 mm in Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.

NCT01959906 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 923

Last updated 2013-10-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A suspicious circumferential resection margin (CRM), defined as tumor cells within 1 mm of the CRM, is still controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical significance of a suspicious CRM to histologically positive (R1) and negative margin (R0) resections in patients with pT3 esophageal and GE-Junction tumors.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Gasthuisberg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philippe Nafteux, MD · University Hospital Leuven, dept. Thoracic Surgery

  • Katrien Van de Steen, MSc · Katholic University Leuven

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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