Rebuild after upper stomach surgery for stomach or junction cancer
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial looks at whether a specific “reconstruction” (rebuilding) method after removing part of the upper stomach can improve outcomes for certain early-to-mid stage stomach cancers. You may be a fit if your cancer is in the upper stomach or the esophagus-stomach junction and there’s no spread to distant organs.
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Who can take part
- You’re 18–80 years old (any gender).
- Your cancer is in the upper stomach (including the esophagus-stomach junction) and is an adenocarcinoma confirmed by endoscopy/biopsy.
- Your tumor is under 4 cm and there are no distant metastases seen on scans (chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, and upper belly CT), and no peritoneal spread seen during laparoscopy.
- You’re well enough for surgery: ASA I–III and either Karnofsky ≥70% or ECOG 0–2.
- You have not had any pre-op cancer treatment (no chemotherapy, radiation, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy).
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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