Active clinical trials for "Rectal Neoplasms"

The incidence of rectal cancers is at 15,000 new cases per year in France of which 10 to 15% are locally advanced (T4bNxM0) at the moment of diagnosis. The rate of invaded resection margins (R1) for these locally advanced and fixed rectal tumours varies from 10 to 20%. The invasion of the resection margins triples the risk of local recurrence. In the absence of surgical treatment, the 5-year survival rate for patients having had pelvic recurrence of rectal cancer is lower than 4% whereas it varies from 35 to 40% in cases of curative resection. The care and management of locally advanced and fixed rectal tumours and pelvic recurrence of rectal cancer constitutes, therefore, in the absence of recommendation, a difficult therapeutic problem with great variability in the methods of care and management around the world. These variations in practice can be explained by structural and organizational differences, as well as cultural dissimilarities. With regards to the organization of its healthcare system, Australia is shown to be a leader as regards the care and management of locally advanced and fixed rectal tumours and pelvic recurrence of rectal cancer.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of additional neoadjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine during the resting periods in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

This clinical trial studies adherence to survivorship care guidelines in health care providers for non-small cell lung cancer or colorectal cancer survivor care. The completion of an educational intervention by health care providers may increase compliance and adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for survivorship care.

This pilot clinical trial studies comprehensive gene sequencing in guiding treatment recommendations in patients with metastatic or recurrent solid tumors. Studying samples of blood and tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may improve the ability to plan treatment.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of intrarectal Amifostine administration on acute radiation-induced rectal toxicity in pre-operative chemo-radiotherapy.

This study is designed to test the efficacy of tailored operative or non-operative management (NOM) for MRI defined low-risk rectal cancer following neoadjuvant intensity modulated radiotherapy with concurrent capecitabine plus consolidation CapeOX. The main purpose of this study is to increase organ-preservation rate for low-risk rectal cancer patients.

Neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy (NRCT) represents a milestone in the treatment of selected rectal tumours. Ideal time interval between the end of NRCT and surgery is still debated; a 6-8 weeks time interval is considered optimal, but shorter or longer intervals have been associated with better oncological outcomes. Moreover, there is a lack of data about clinical postoperative outcomes and different time intervals after the end of NRCT. Here, effect that different time intervals have on postoperative complications with particular regard to the anastomotic dehiscence have been evaluated. Methods One hundred-sixty-seven patients underwent surgery after long-course NRCT. Three different time intervals were considered: (0-42; 43-56; >57 days).

The investigators hypothesize that a primary embolization, 3-4 weeks before surgery, would allow development of vascular collaterality, in particular for the marginal artery which will ensure a better colonic perfusion.

This was a propensity-score matched observational analysis, comparing the oncological outcome of surgical resection vs watch and wait apporach for rectal cancer patients with a cCR.

The purpose of this clinical study is to compare the accuracy of linear endoscopic ultrasonography and magnified narrowband endoscopy in the diagnosis of invasive depth of early rectal cancer, and to provide more powerful evidence for the choice of surgical methods for early rectal cancer. Patients with early rectal cancer who will be examined by endoscopic ultrasonography or magnifying narrowband endoscopy in the department of gastroenterology and general surgery will be examined by linear endoscopic ultrasonography or magnifying narrowband endoscopy to examine the depth of invasion of early rectal cancer, and the results are compared with the postoperative pathological results of the patients as the gold standard. It provides strong evidence that the accuracy of linear endoscopic ultrasonography in judging the invasive depth of early colorectal cancer is not inferior to that of magnifying narrowband endoscopy.