FLT PET/CT for Staging, Target Definition and Assessment of Response to Therapy in Patients With Esophageal Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this pilot study is to develop a more advanced software program that will
collect, compare and analyze tumor images for evaluation. Another purpose of this study is to
learn if a new radio-tracer for tumor imaging called 3'-deoxy-3'(18) F-fluorothymidine (FLT)
can improve the evaluation of tumors during a PET/CT scan. This new type of image tracking is
meant to improve the visualization of tumor active and size.