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Brief Title: Multimodal Monitoring of Radiotherapy Response in Squamous Cell Cancer
Official Title: Multimodal Monitoring of Radiotherapy Response in Squamous Cell Cancer in Head & Neck, Lung, Oesophagus, Anal Canal and Uterine Cervix - a Basis for Personalised Radiotherapy
Study ID: NCT02379039
Brief Summary: The study's aim is to define imaging and molecular bio-markers for prediction of radiotherapy response of squamous cell carcinomas, in an early treatment phase.
Detailed Description: Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head \& neck, anal canal, cervix, esophagus or lung will be assessed before start of radiotherapy and 1-2 weeks after start. Multi-parametric MRI and 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) will be performed in parallel to metabolomic analyses of tumour tissue. The investigators will correlate changes in imaging bio-markers to corresponding changes in tissue or blood bio-markers by repeated imaging and biopsies for better understanding of the image parameters. The data from the two assessments will be used for identifying imaging bio-markers, predictive for outcome. The patient data will be divided into one set of data for hypothesis generation and another set for validation.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Umeå University, Umeå, , Sweden
Name: Björn Zackrisson, Professor
Affiliation: Umeå University, Department of Radiation Sciences - Oncology
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR