Active clinical trials for "Neoplasms"

This study evaluates the relationship between myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and cardiovascular disease. MDS patients will be evaluated for the presence of mutations and whether they are associated with an increased risk of heart disease (CVD) and inflammation compared to healthy adults. Patients without symptoms of CVD will receive CT scans to assess for hidden disease and if that is related to their mutations.

The great promise of PET/MR for assessment of skeletal metastatic involvement is derived from the extensive experience with stand- alone MR, but initial data on the use of PET/MR for assessment of bone pathology indicate that PET/MR introduces unique issues that should be addressed when determining its role in this clinical scenario. In this study cohort includes 150 patients 18 years or older, having metastatic skeletal involvement on baseline PET/CT prior to treatment. Baseline studies and follow up studies of the patients referred post treatment, will be reviewed. The main goal of the study is to asses the accuracy of PET/MR in detection and monitoring response of bone metastases.

This study aims to describe current treatment patterns in the real-world setting among patients with multiple myeloma who are initiating treatment with (or changing treatment to) panobinostat and explore the associations with baseline patient characteristics, healthcare resource utilization, and clinical outcomes.

The objective of this study is to study the function of the pigment epithelium in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 using electro-oculogram to confirm abnormally high values reported in previous studies, but also to correlate this hyperactivity of the pigment epithelium with the presence and size of choroidal hyperreflective areas observed in infra-red imaging of the fundus. The hypothesis of the study is that the function of the pigment epithelium measured by the electro-oculogram correlates with the surface of choroidal hyperreflective areas. Finally, the potential consequences of a supra-normal function of the pigment epithelium on the global retinal function are not known. A full-field electroretinogram will evaluate the global neurosensory retinal function.

This is a multi-center, observational study in Japan. Patients with newly diagnosed FIGO stage III - IV advanced OC will be enrolled sequentially. In this study, data of 200 subjects will be collected at approximately 20 sites in Japan. To reduce regional bias of study sites, the number of enrolled patients per site will be capped

The investigators aim to evaluate the performance of Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) endoscopy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) screening, as compared to the currently used White Light Endoscopy (WLE) and Lugol's Iodine Staining Endoscopy (ISE). NBI is a simple, safe and non-invasive technique, which can provide real-time optical staining for suspicious lesions. This trial is designated to enroll 10000 participants from five centers located in different regions (North, West and South) in China, which would provide real-world evidence for the recommendation of endoscopic diagnostic technique used in ESCC screening projects.

Colonoscopy is clinically used as the gold standard for detection of colon cancer (CRC) and removal of adenomatous polyps. Despite the success of colonoscopy in reducing cancer-related deaths, there exists a disappointing level of adenomas missed at colonoscopy. "Back-to-back" colonoscopies have indicated significant miss rates of 27% for small adenomas (< 5 mm) and 6% for adenomas of more than 10 mm in diameter. Studies performing both CT colonography and colonoscopy estimate that the colonoscopy miss rate for polyps over 10 mm in size may be as high as 12%. The clinical importance of missed lesions should be emphasized because these lesions may ultimately progress to CRC. Limitations in human visual perception and other human biases such as fatigue, distraction, level of alertness during examination increases such recognition errors and way of mitigating them may be the key to improve polyp detection and further reduction in mortality from CRC. In the past years, a number of CAD systems for detection of polyps from endoscopy images have been described. However, the benefits of traditional CAD technologies in colonoscopy appear to be contradictory, therefore they should be improved to be ultimately considered useful. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning (DL), and computer vision have shown potential to assist polyp detection during colonoscopy. Average experienced endoscopists (each having performed <2000 screening colonoscopies) will perform the endoscopic procedure.

In this study, we aimed to develop a predictive model of lymph node yield in a series of colon cancer resection specimens with detailed anatomic and surgical technique data.

This study shed light on an under-researched area by examining the prognostic associations of pre-treatment QoL with overall survival and distant metastasis free survival among patients with head and neck cancer who underwent free flap reconstruction. In addition, a validated instrument specific to head and neck cancer, i.e. the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QoL) was adopted.

Prospective study of Predictive Factors of Survival With and Without Repetition With 5 and 10 Years Curative Post-oesophagectomy for Cancer of the Oesophagus