Active clinical trials for "Neoplasm Metastasis"

The investigators want to develop a gene expression profile for the prediction of immunotherapy response of patients with metastatic breast cancer presenting malignant pleural effusion.

The investigators are prospectively validating a prognostic clinical tool that uses a patient's modified Bauer grade, ambulatory status, and pre-operative serum albumin to predict survival, post-treatment morbidity, and functional outcomes in patients with metastatic disease involving the spine.

Lymph node status is of major prognostic importance in non-metastatic rectal cancer. For oncological reasons, central arterial ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) is suggested. However, there is no conclusive evidence presented for this procedure. This study aimed at investigating the localisation of lymph node metastases and the role of central versus peripheral arterial ligation of in rectal cancer specimens.

In liver surgery peroperative assessment och the future liver remnant (FLR) is pivotal in order to avoid posthepatectomy liver failure. To date this is mainly performed by measuring the volume of the FLR. Of course FLR volume acts as a surrogate measure of FLR function and the correlation between volume and function is not always accurate. Several techniques to assess FLR function has been proposed. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS) and Dynamic MRI are the two such methods. In this study we compare HBS and MRI, in addition to contrast-enhanced CT and ICG, repeatedly performed before and after right hepatectomy in patients with colorectal liver metastases treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

The main purpose of the study is to establish a relationship between the administered activity of the radioiodine and absorbed dose in the tumor sites.

Hypothesis of the study: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with Bevacizumab impairs postoperative outcome after resection of colorectal liver metastases.

This study will examine genes in three different tissues and look for similarities and differences between normal cells and cancer cells. The tissues to be studies come from blood, lymph node and cancer.

The purpose of this protocol is to provide supervised and limited access to Therasphere® treatment for patients with primary liver cancer and chemotherapy refractory liver metastasis who cannot be treated by surgical removal of the affected part of the liver. Patient response to treatment and any side effects of Therasphere® treatment will be examined.

The great promise of PET/MR for assessment of skeletal metastatic involvement is derived from the extensive experience with stand- alone MR, but initial data on the use of PET/MR for assessment of bone pathology indicate that PET/MR introduces unique issues that should be addressed when determining its role in this clinical scenario. In this study cohort includes 150 patients 18 years or older, having metastatic skeletal involvement on baseline PET/CT prior to treatment. Baseline studies and follow up studies of the patients referred post treatment, will be reviewed. The main goal of the study is to asses the accuracy of PET/MR in detection and monitoring response of bone metastases.

The goal of this clinical trial is to study the value and feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging in detection of bone marrow metastases