Identify The Clinical Significance And Potential Implications Of Peritoneal Washing Cytology (PWC) In Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

Study Overview

Identify the Clinical Significance and Potential Implications of Peritoneal Washing Cytology (PWC) in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is a disease with an extremely poor prognosis. Such poor results are largely due to a high incidence of local or peritoneal recurrence even after curative R0 resection. If occult microscopic metastasis or residual cancer could be predicted correctly and identify the high risk of peritoneal recurrence, we may have chance to treat these patients by different multimodal locoregional or adjuvant therapy to improve the treatment outcome.

The purpose of this study has three specific aims: (1) to determine the relationship between peritoneal washing cytology (PWC) results and clinicopathologic parameters of pancreatic cancers, (2) to identify the predictive value of PWC and postoperative drainage cytology on the peritoneal recurrence or outcomes, (3) to dissect the molecular mechanism of peritoneal recurrence, especially on the PWC-inducing peritoneal seeding process.

Pancreatic Cancer

201004002R

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates	Results Reporting Dates	Study Record Updates
First Submitted 2010-05-20	Results First Submitted N/A	Last Update Submitted that met QC Criteria 2010-05-20
First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 2010-05-20	Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria N/A	Last Update Posted (ESTIMATED) 2010-05-21
First Posted (ESTIMATED) 2010-05-21	Results First Posted N/A	Last Verified 2010-05

Study Plan

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Design Details

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Arms and Interventions

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Participation Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:
ALL

Sexes Eligible for Study:
20 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Patients with pancreatic cancers, other non-ductal pancreatic cancers , and benign pancreatic tumors (as negative control population) operated in Surgical Department after IRB proof and receiving patients' informed consent.

Pregnant women

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Investigators

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR: Ching-Yao Yang, M.D., National Taiwan University Hospital

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