Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma"

F18-FDG is the widely used PET tracer in the routine practice of oncologic disease imaging using the technology of PET-CT. However, FDG-avidity is a characteristic of the individual tumor. There are various types of human malignancies, which are not taking FDG in access. In these cases FDG is not a sensitive tracer of imaging. In search for other tumor PET tracers, C11-Acetate has been shown recently in a few early studies to have a potential value in imaging of non-FDG-avid tumors. The purpose of the current study is to assess the role of 11C-acetate PET in various tumors, which often are not detected by 18F-FDG and were not widely assessed until now.

This proposed pilot study is to conduct detailed interviews into the medical, environmental, and family histories The second phase of this study project is to and to collect blood specimen to obtain DNA. The Blood specimen and DNA will be processed by the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) and stored for a second phase of this pilot. The purpose is to rule out Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN 1), and succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit D (SDHD), gene inactivation thought to be associated with different types of carcinoid cancer.

The aims of this study are to (1) understand the uncertainty , personality and coping strategies in patients with HCC, and identify the significant factors for coping.

To explore the clinical value of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) measurement for Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients.

The investigators will collect plasma samples at baseline, during treatment, and at progression.