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Lead
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with a histologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus located distal to the carina
Patients with AJCC 7th edition clinical stage IIB-IIIC
Patients will be treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for this condition
Patients must be \> 18 years of age
Patients must be able to provide informed consent
Patients must be surgical candidates
Patients must be able to tolerate MR imaging required by protocol
You may not be if
Patients with primary tumors located above the carina
Prior abdominal radiation therapy with fields overlapping the current fields
Severe claustrophobia not relieved by oral anxiolytics per institutional standard practice
Presence of MRI-incompatible metallic objects or implanted medical devices in the body (including but not limited to: non-MRI compatible metal objects, cardiac pacemaker, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves with steel parts, metal fragments in the eye or central nervous system)
Weight greater than that allowable by the MRI table
Clareo Health | A PILOT STUDY OF DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MRI TO ASSESS ESOPHAGEAL TUMOR RESONSE TO NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION
