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CompletedNCT01858805

Circulating Tumor Cells as a Biomarker for Preoperative Prognostic Staging in Patients With Esophageal Cancer

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
123 (actual)
Sponsor
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Despite the availability of several preoperative diagnostic techniques, accurate pretreatment staging of esophageal cancer (EC) remains challenging. Therefore, The investigators evaluated the prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients with EC.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREesophagectomy

Timeline

Start date
2010-04-01
Primary completion
2014-04-01
Completion
2014-04-01
First posted
2013-05-21
Last updated
2014-11-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01858805. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.