Phase II randomized clinical trial of endosonography and PET/CT versus clinical assessment only for follow-up after surgery for upper gastrointestinal cancer (EUFURO study).

CONCLUSION: Follow-up after surgery for upper gastrointestinal cancer with EUS and PET/CT leads to detection of more asymptomatic cancer recurrences and patients referred for treatment without prolonging overall survival. Registration number: NCT02209415 ( http://www.clinicaltrials.gov). PMID: 31595970 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31595970?dopt=Abstract

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - October 8, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Bjerring OS, Fristrup CW, Pfeiffer P, Lundell L, Mortensen MB Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research