Robot surgery versus open surgery for esophagus cancer
Part of Cancer, Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial compares robot-assisted surgery with the standard open chest operation to remove esophagus and nearby tissue. It may help you understand which approach works better and is safer for patients whose cancer can be surgically removed.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- Your cancer is esophagus cancer (or the gastro-esophageal junction) and is proven by biopsy as one of these types: adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma, or gastro-esophageal junction cancer.
- Your cancer can be removed with surgery (it has not spread to distant organs).
- If you can become pregnant, you must have a negative pregnancy test before joining and agree to informed consent.
- Your cancer is not Stage IV, and you do not have the specific GEJ Siewert type III esophageal cancer.
- You must not have serious reasons you cannot have the planned open, chest-based surgery (for example, certain prior chest/thoracic surgery or injuries that would interfere with the comparison).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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