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Esophageal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 08/06/2008
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Stage 0 Esophageal Cancer

Current Clinical Trials

Stage 0 squamous esophageal cancer is rarely seen in the United States, but surgery has been used for this stage of cancer.[1,2]

Current Clinical Trials

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage 0 esophageal cancer 1. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.

General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site 2.

References

  1. Rusch VW, Levine DS, Haggitt R, et al.: The management of high grade dysplasia and early cancer in Barrett's esophagus. A multidisciplinary problem. Cancer 74 (4): 1225-9, 1994.  [PUBMED Abstract]

  2. Heitmiller RF, Redmond M, Hamilton SR: Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia. An indication for prophylactic esophagectomy. Ann Surg 224 (1): 66-71, 1996.  [PUBMED Abstract]


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/Search/ClinicalTrialsLink.aspx?diagnosis=43665&tt=1&a
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2http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials