Active clinical trials for "Adenocarcinoma"

The aim of the study is to assess elastography during EUS examinations of focal pancreatic masses, and to consequently differentiate benign versus malignant pancreatic masses in a prospective multi-center design.

The goal of this retrospective study is to evaluate in patients with HCC and FTC who underwent lobectomy. The main questions it aims to answer are: The necessity of completion thyroidectomy based on the clinicopathological characteristics Prognosis Participants underwent thyroid lobectomy Researchers compared HCC and FTC groups to see the prognosis after lobectomy.

The current TNM staging system is not sufficient for prediction of prognosis and cannot precisely identify the patients who are in greater need of adjuvant therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Tumor mutation and copy number variation (CNV) markers may have a higher predictive value. In this study, whole exosome sequencing was performed for patients with stage I-II PDAC undergoing R0 resection. The investigators aimed to identify genes with discrepant statuses of mutations or CNVs between patients with and without relapse within 1 year after R0 resection, and then to construct a support vector machine (SVM)-based prognostic classifier (the SVM signature) for PDAC using machine learning; the investigators then aimed to further validate the SVM signature in an independent cohort.

Cancers occur when the molecules that control normal cell growth (genes and proteins) are altered. Changes in the tumor genes and in the genes of normal cells are called "alterations." Many of these alterations can be detected by directly examining cancer cells in a tumor or circulating in blood. Several alterations that occur repeatedly in certain types of cancers have already been identified. These discoveries ahve led to the development of new drugs that "target" those alterations. More remain to be discovered. Some of the alterations are found in genes. Genes are composed of DNA "letters," which contain the instructions that tell the cells in our bodies how to grow and work. Genes make proteins which actually carry out the instructions in our cells. We would like to use your DNA to look for alterations in the genes in cancer cells and blood cells using a technology called "sequencing." Gene sequencing is a way of reading the DNA to identify errors in genes that may contribute to the behavior of cells. Some changes in genes occur only in cancer cells. Others occur in normal cels as well, in the genes that may have been passed from parent to child. This research study will examine both kinds of genes. The purpose of this research study is to perform gene sequencing (gene tests) on your cancer cells (obtained from biopsies or surgery) and normal tissues (usually blood). The results of the gene tests will be used to try to develop better ways to treat and prevent cancers. We will also study better ways to communicate the results of these complex gene tests to you and your doctors, and to help you and your doctors use this information to choose the best paths for treatment. As part of this work, we may also learn things about the genes in your normal cells; some of that information will also be shared wtih you and your doctors if you so choose. Importantly, this study will use tissue specimens that have already been collected and stored in the pathology department as part of your clinical care or as part of other research studies you may be participating in. In this study, gene tests will be performed on material only after the necessary clinical tests have been performed. In general, no additional invasive procedures will be required.

This is an observational study of tumor samples and MRI imaging in patients with colorectal cancers. A tumor sample, MRI scans, and treatment outcome data will be used for research purposes to see if it is possible to predict patients' response to treatment.

A retrospective and prospective data collection study on 27 consecutive subjects with adenocarcinoma who were treated using the MyVaccx system by Dr. Gary Onik. Retrospective data were collected on the treatment with the immunotherapy system and prospective data will be collected as they are prospectively monitored through their normal standard of care for their original cancer.

The primary objective of this study was to validate Total Psoas Area (TPA) measurement as an independent prognostic factor of overall survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Secondary objective was to describe the evolution of the TPA during the follow-up.

Many data suggest that patients with low rectal adenocarcinoma who achieved ypT0N0 status have improved survival and disease-free survival (DFS) compared to all other stages however only few data are available regarding the specific prognosis factors of this subgroup. This retrospective multicentric study aimed to predict the prognosis of patients with complete pathological response after neoadjuvant treatment.

The recent discovery of oncogenic drivers has revolutionized the management of advanced lung cancer by development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeted therapies. Prevalence of daily tobacco use is evaluated at 31,3 % in Grand-Est region, the only French region with a statistically significative difference for smoking habits. This region shows a higher incidence (+ 13 %) and mortality for lung cancer in comparison to the average for other French regions. The objectives of our studie were to estimate the distribution of oncogenic drivers and analyse their prognostic impacts in the Nancy University Hospital Center metastatic lung adenocarcinoma's population.

To assess the importance patients place on each of the attributes of value (i.e., outcomes, quality of life [QOL], cost, experience), and how these patients’ views differ depending on the stage of their therapy (pretreatment, preoperative therapy, post-operative, long-term surveillance, recurrence).