Active clinical trials for "Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship bone marrow-derived cells and the formation of the tumors, and the role of these cells in regeneration of epithelial cells in the gastrointestinal tract.

Chart review evaluating outcome of patients in whom following resection of a tumor involving the head of the pancreas no anastomosis of the pancreatic stump was done to the gastrointestinal tract.

To validate a new method for assessing perioperative risk in the cancer patient undergoing major cancer surgery. In this proposed study researchers will: Measure preoperative energy reserve capacity (fitness) Determine if postoperative morbidity is a function of perioperative cardiopulmonary gas exchange metabolism

Can MRI be used to stage ovarian cancer?

Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) is useful in localizing peripheral lung lesions. The EBUS, further combined with the guide sheath (GS) technique, has been reported to increase the yield of transbronchial biopsy. However, there are no reports comparing the GS technique and the traditional EBUS technique in diagnosing the peripheral lung tumor. Previous reports have revealed that several characteristic echoic patterns correlate well with the histopathological findings of benign and malignant lesions. Therefore, EBUS may also be useful in the differential diagnosis of malignant lesions of the lung.

This study uses serum tissue factor and tissue factor inhibitor and factor VII to monitor the pre-coagulation status in lung cancer patients and to correlate the pre-coagulation status with clinical staging and prognosis.

This study investigates whether the amount of circulating plasma DNA can be used as a response marker for anti-cancer treatment in treating gross tumors.

This study tests the feasibility and reproducibility of patient-specific motion models. These will be used for quantification of safe margin reduction. Patient-specific motion models will be built by post-processing 4D MRI data with non-rigid registration. By comparing these models between visits, model reproducibility will be assessed, and the methodology refined.

The purpose of this study is to create a tissue bank of gynecologic cancers and normal tissue for the study of cancer in order to better understand the changes occurring on a molecular level (DNA, RNA, protein) that lead to the development of cancer.

The purpose of this study is to explore the ability of integrated MRI/PET to detect and evaluate treatment outcome in HCC patients.