Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma"

When the bladder is removed for bladder cancer, pelvic lymph nodes (LN) are also removed. While the anatomic extent of this LN dissection is critical, the investigators often use the number of LN removed as a measure of the extent, which in turn is essential for determining the patient's further treatment and prognosis. The LN count, however, is also dependent on the pathologist's processing of the LN tissue, and the standards for this processing are poorly defined. The goal of this study is to establish a standardized method for processing and analyzing lymph node specimens. The investigators hypothesize that if an organic solvent is used to remove excess fat from the lymph nodes that the investigators will discover more clinically significant nodes in a more reproducible fashion when compared to the current method.

This research trial studies comprehensive patient questionnaires in predicting complications in older patients with gynecologic cancer undergoing surgery. Comprehensive patient questionnaires completed before surgery may help identify complications, such as the need for assistance in taking medications, decreased mobility, decreased social activity, and falls, and may improve outcomes for older patients with gynecologic cancer.

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is the most common malignant tumour of the kidneys. Targeted therapies, which were recently introduced in the treatment of mRCC, have become the standard treatment in these patients. With improved survival rate and a tolerable side effect profile, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) have largely replaced conventional immunotherapies worldwide. In Turkey, due to reimbursement conditions, cytokine (interferon alpha) treatment is the standard treatment as first-line therapy. Therefore, the data on quality of life (QoL) from the pivotal studies with standard TKI treatment does not reflect the QoL status of patients treated with TKIs as second or third line treatment in Turkey. In this study, the clinical outcomes and the impact on quality of life of targeted treatments following TKIs will be explored. To our knowledge, since there is no similar reimbursement condition in the world placing IFN as the first line standard treatment, this will be the first study evaluating the QoL status with targeted therapies used as 3rd line treatment in mRCC patients.

The overall aim of this population-based screening study is to assess whether the skin cancer screening training of family physicians and dermatologists leads to improved screening outcomes. The training course aims to increase the accuracy of detecting early stages of skin cancer. Screening outcomes of an intervention region (Calgary, Canada) in which physicians receive training will be compared with screening outcomes of a control region (Edmonton, Canada) where no physician training is administered. The investigators will determine whether: clinical screening outcomes are more favorable in the group of trained physicians compared to non trained physicians there is an increase of knowledge about skin cancer screening among trained physicians, compared to non trained physicians skin cancer screenings are associated with psycho-social harms population-based screening has an effect on the overall incidence and stage-specific-incidence of skin cancer in Alberta The investigators are aiming to recruit 100 physicians per region (total of 200 physicians) who will screen 40,000 to 80,000 individuals over a period of 20 months.

The purpose of this retrospective observational study was to analyze the effect of targeted therapies administered as second-line treatment after failure of pazopanib as well as increase the amount of information available on efficacy and safety of pazopanib as a first-line therapy in practice usual for the clinical treatment of metastatic Renal Carcinoma.

Perturbations in microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles has been reported for a variety of cancers. This study will be an exploratory analysis of miRNA expression in basal cell carcinoma by miRNA expression profiling using microarrays.

The main purpose of this observational study with Docetaxel is to determine the number of treatment cycles and the quantity of Doce onkovis needed therefore under the special circumstance of ambulant chemotherapy. onkovis aims an economical utilization of the chemotherapeutics.The provision with adapted packaging sizes as to decrease the excess quantity to be discarded follows also this objective. Secondary objectives are the evaluation of the safety and tolerability of Doce onkovis. To this purpose data regarding co medications and adverse events are also collected.

This is an observational study which will investigate the use of Nexavar as first targeted therapy in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

This study is a registry of renal cancer patients treated with Nexavar. It aims to evaluate the actual dosing of Nexavar in "real-life" setting vs. the prescribed dose.

Selection criteria for safe hepatectomy for HCC are not well established. The aim of this study was the validation of the selection criteria for safe hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.