Endoscopic Ultrasound in Diagnosing Cancer in Patients With Localized Stomach Cancer or Esophageal Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as endoscopic ultrasound, may help doctors learn the extent of stomach cancer or esophageal cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well endoscopic ultrasound works in diagnosing cancer in patients with localized stomach cancer or esophageal cancer.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health
• Treatments: Fluorouracil

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Diagnosis of gastric or esophageal cancer

• Localized disease

• No metastatic disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• WHO performance status 0-2

• American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1 (no physiological disturbance) or 2 (minor well-compensated physiological impairment)

• Must be fit for surgery and chemotherapy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• Not specified