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Gastro-Intestinal Clinical Trials

What is the purpose of this study?

The purpose of this study is to compare the usual approach of chemotherapy plus radiation therapy followed by limited surgery, to using a more intense combination chemotherapy treatment followed by limited surgery.

The study approach without radiation may improve your quality of life and be equally effective at shrinking or stabilizing your cancer.

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What is the purpose of this study?

The purpose of this study is to find out if the approach of avoiding or delaying surgery in patients who have a good response to treatment with chemotherapy and radiation is as good as the usual approach for your esophageal cancer and provides better quality of life.

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What is the purpose of this study?

The purpose of this study is to compare the usual approach of continuing Somatostatin Analogues (SSA) injections during and after Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) to stopping SSA injections when PRRT begins in patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NET).

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What is the purpose of this study?

The purpose of this study is to find out what effects adding a new drug to the standard treatment has on you and your gastroesophageal cancer compared to the standard treatment given alone.

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What is the purpose of this study?

The purpose of this study is to determine which approach, less frequent or more frequent monitoring, will lead to better outcomes for patients with pancreatic cysts.

Why is this study important?

Currently, the effectiveness of any pancreatic cyst monitoring strategy is unknown. Patients and physicians are eager to learn which strategy is better for this very common condition.

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What is the purpose of this study?

The purpose of this study is to test if we can determine what kind of chemotherapy to offer patients based on whether or not circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is found in a blood test taken after surgery for colon cancer.

Why is this study important?

Using ctDNA testing to determine what kind of chemotherapy to use is a new approach. This approach seems promising, but it is not clear if it can offer better results than standard treatment.

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What is the purpose of this study?

The purpose of this study is to compare a retreatment with Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) to the standard treatment for your neuroendocrine cancer.

Why is this study important?

The drug being studied is a new type of drug approved for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). The new drug has been shown to shrink tumours in many people and seems promising, but it is not clear if receiving this drug again can offer better results than standard treatment.

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