
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Profile in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Healthy Controls.
Colorectal CancerColon PolypVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) are low molecular weight (<1 kDa) compounds which represent the final products of cell metabolism. Their composition can be affected by several factors including diet, hormones, environment and the presence of diseases, in particular, cancer. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the commonest tumours and is an important cause of cancer-related mortality. The expression of VOCs in breath that are linked to a patient's disease state could offers a powerful, non-invasive approach to identifying CRC patients.

Next-generation Sequencing of Colorectal Cancer Somatic Cells to Guide Genetic Susceptibility Gene...
Hereditary Colorectal CancerThis is a prospective, single-center, clinical study.This study is to evaluate the feasibility of genetic susceptibility screening based on the detection of tumor tissue mutations by a NGS panel.

Impact of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) on Cancer Cells From Liver Metastases of Colon Cancer
Cancer of ColonMetastasis to LiverAnalyze the dynamics of incorporation of 5-fluorouracil into cancer cell ribosomes from liver metastases of patient with metastatic colon cancer.

Colposcopy and Dynamic Spectral Imaging (DSI)
Cervical DysplasiaCervical Disease4 moreThis study evaluates the Dynamic Spectral Imaging (DSI) Colposcope (DySIS) in it's ability to diagnose cervical dysplasia. Half of participants with be examined by the DySIS colposcope, there the other half will be examined by standard colposcopy.

Microbiotic Analysis in Digestive Endocrine Tumors
Digestive Neuroendocrine TumorFecal Microbiota1 moreIncidence of digestive neuroendocrine tumors are increasing. Analysis of individual microbiota is a way to explore new neoplastic mechanisms, tumor identification and therapeutic orientations. This prospective pilot study aims to describe fecal bacterial phylogeny of patients with digestive neuroendocrine tumor. Bacterial genomic signature will be recorded at initiation of Lanreotide treatment in naive patient with digestive neuroendocrine tumor (pancreas or small intestine), metastatic or locally advanced, as well as after one year follow up.

Effectiveness of Multi-target FIT-DNA Analysis as a Colorectal Cancer Screening Test
Colorectal CancerAdenoma ColonColorectal cancer is one of the most common cancer in Hong Kong. In 2018, CRC accounted for 17.4%, 5,780 cases, of the total new cancers. CRC claimed 2,279 lives (15.8%) making it the second most deadly killer in the population. Since 2010, the Cancer Expert Working Group (CEWG) has recommended that asymptomatic average-risk individuals aged 50 to 75 years should consider one of the screening methods: fecal occult blood test (FOBT) every one to two years; OR flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years; OR colonoscopy every 10 years. However, it poses great challenges for large scale CRC screening using colonoscopy, such as bowel preparation difficulties, complications of procedure and poor compliance. ColoClear® is intended for use as an adjunctive screening test for the detection of colorectal neoplasia associated DNA markers and for the presence of occult hemoglobin in human stool. It has the potential of increasing the sensitivity of detecting CRC as compared to FOBT or faecal immunochemical test (FIT), which detects the presence of hemoglobin in stool alone. A positive result may indicate the presence of colorectal cancer or pre-malignant colorectal neoplasia. ColoClear® is not intended as a replacement for diagnostic colonoscopy. A positive result in ColoClear®, as with any screening test, should be followed by colonoscopy. ColoClear® is intended for colorectal cancer screening in average risk individuals: adults of either sex, 40 years or older, who are at high risk for colorectal cancer.

Can 3D Laparoscopy Improve Surgical Performances in Surgeons in Training?
Uterine FibroidUterine Bleeding1 moreDue to the inconclusive results on the benefits of 3D laparoscopic system present in literature, this prospective randomised pilot study aims to assess if the operative time of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) for benign indication performed by trainees could be reduced using 3D laparoscopy instead of standard laparoscopy.

Feasibility of Opportunistic Salpingectomy During Non-Gynecologic Surgery
Ovarian CancerIt is now felt that the majority of ovarian cancers originate in the fallopian tubes. Opportunistic salpingectomy has been found to decrease ovarian cancer risk by approximately 65%, with additional removal of the ovaries decreasing risk up to 98%. Using data collected under IRB #21841 and a population based statistics model we found that performing opportunistic salpingectomy during non-gynecologic abdominal surgery could decrease the incidence of ovarian cancer by 28-38%.

Lung Nodule Imaging Biobank for Radiomics and AI Research
Lung CancerPulmonary Nodule4 moreThis study will collect retrospective CT scan images and clinical data from participants with incidental lung nodules seen in hospitals across London. The investigators will research whether machine learning can be used to predict which participants will develop lung cancer, to improve early diagnosis.

Radiomics-based Artificial Intelligence System to Predict Neoadjuvant Treatment Response in Rectal...
Rectal CancerIn this study, investigators utilize a radiomics prediction model to predict the tumor response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) before the nCRT is administered for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Previously, the radiomics prediction model has been constructed based on the radiomics features extracted from pretreatment Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the training set, and optimized in the external validation set. The predictive power of this radiomics prediction model to discriminate the pathologic complete response (pCR) patients from non-pCR individuals, will be further verified in this prospective, multicenter clinical study.