Clinical Trial: Standardized MRI and Structured Reporting for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

U.S., Aug. 19 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07769658) titled 'Standardized MRI and Structured Reporting for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma' on Aug. 05.

Brief Summary: This prospective, multicenter diagnostic accuracy study will develop and validate a standardized 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition protocol and structured reporting system for primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Approximately 500 adults scheduled for curative esophagectomy will be enrolled consecutively into two clinically defined cohorts. In Cohort A, patients proceeding directly to surgery will have MRI-based T staging compared with postoperative pathological T stage. In Cohort B, patients re...