NCT03483337Recruiting
New MRI Biomarkers in Head and Neck Cancers
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Start Date
3/16/2018
Completion Date
3/1/2027
Summary
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic technique that takes pictures of organs of the body. It uses magnetic fields and radio waves that cannot be felt. This makes specific organs, blood vessels, or tumors easier to see. Diffusion MRI lets us measure the motion of water in the tumor. The purpose of this study is to see if new MRI methods can give us more information about the tumor.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age ≥ 18 years
* Group 1 patients: Presence of a suspicious metastatic lesion or suspicious for recurrent disease in the head and neck region.
* Group 2 patients:
* Biopsy proven recurrent or metastatic or definitive head and neck cancer or (differentiated and undifferentiated) thyroid cancers in the head and neck region only.
* Patients planning to undergo reatment at MSK
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patient would require anesthesia for the study
* Patients who are claustrophobic
* Patients selecting treatment outside of MSK
* Known reaction to Gd based contrast agent
* Patients who have presence of a known contradiction to MRI
* Pacemaker
* Aneurysm clips
* Patients with implants that are contradicted for MR imaging will be excluded
* Pregnant
* Age and mental status wherein he /she is unable to cooperate for MRI study
Interventions
OTHER
MRI examinations
OTHER
MRI examinations
Conditions
Head and Neck CancerThyroid Cancer
Locations
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York 10065
United States