clinical stage II/III esophagel squamous cell carcinoma
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients with untreated thoracic esophageal cancer (2) Historical confirmation of squamous cell carcinoma from primary tumor (3) Cinical stage II and III(excluding of T1 and T4)(UICC2002) (4) Age 20 to 75 (5) Performance status(ECOG):0-1 (6) Adequate organ functions for definitive chemoradiotherapy (7) No prior therapy for other malignancies with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and genetic treatment. (8) No other active malignancies (9) Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Tumor invasive to the cervical esophagus or gastric cardia with endoscope (2) Patients who have infectionous disease (type B and C hepatitis virus, human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis) and their carrier (3) Patients who are suffered infection and inflammation (4) No other severe medical conditions and patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding (5) Any other inappropriate state for participating to this study estimated by physician
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Find the gene expression patterns and make programs which predict efficacy of definitive CRT and confirm its accuracy. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National cancer center hospital east Department of gastroenterology and GI oncology