Gastric Cancer Metastasized to the Central Nervous System (CNS)

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Gastric Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01456455

UGICNS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Descriptive registry to investigate frequency of HER-2 positive gastric cancer involving CNS.

Exploration of additional prognostic factors for brain involvement from gastric cancer.

Full description

HER2 Status E-Cadherin Status

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• in order to be eligible for the study, the diagnosis of gastric cancer and/or lower esophageal cancer must be confirmed histologically. CNS involvement must be confirmed either via independent neuroradiological and/or positive CSF cytology.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients whose diagnosis is not confirmed upon pathological review or where the CNS involvement cannot be confirmed after neuroradiological review will be excluded from this study.