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Filter by:RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells. Letrozole may fight breast cancer by lowering the amount of estrogen the body makes. Giving chemotherapy and hormone therapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery. It is not yet known whether genetic testing is more effective than clinical assessment in determining the need for chemotherapy in treating breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying genetic testing to see how well it works compared with clinical assessment in determining the need for chemotherapy in women with breast cancer that is either node-negative or involves no more than 3 lymph nodes.
1st-line treatment of HER2/neu overexpressing breast cancer
This is an open-label study that includes two substudies of random distribution. First,a sample of the primary tumor will be obtained and will be analyzed by an immunohistochemical technique to determine several markers.Depending on the expression of these markers, the patients will be characterize as group 1 (Luminal A phenotype) or group 2 (Basal phenotype) and a random assignment will be performed to standard or experimental treatment.
The combination of vinorelbine and gemcitabine seems to be an important part of the chemotherapy regimens used in metastatic breast cancer patients following treatment failure with the combination of a taxane and an anthracycline. Capecitabine rescue monotherapy in metastatic breast cancer patients following treatment failure with the combination of a taxane and an anthracycline, also seems to be an important part of the chemotherapy regimens used in metastatic breast cancer patients. Whether the combination of vinorelbine and gemcitabine or capecitabine administration is preferable is not yet known, especially in patients with metastatic disease.
Anthracycline-containing regimens are recommended as adjuvant treatment for women with node positive breast cancer. In at least three large randomized clinical trials the addition or sequential administration of a taxane (paclitaxel or docetaxel) to an antracycline-based regimen resulted in superior clinical outcome for women with node positive early breast cancer. In two large randomized studies the dose dense administration with G-CSF support of anthracycline-based and paclitaxel combination was superior to the same regimen administered every three weeks without growth factors as adjuvant therapy in women with axillary node positive breast cancer. In one randomized trial, docetaxel was proved superior to paclitaxel in women with metastatic breast cancer
The primary objective of this trial is to explore the efficacy of BIBW 2992 in HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer patients after failure of trastuzumab containing regimens.
RATIONALE: Collecting samples of fluid using ductal lavage and nipple aspiration from participants at high risk for breast cancer to study in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is using ductal lavage to collect fluid from women at high risk for breast cancer.
The combination of docetaxel+epirubicin is highly effective and well tolerated as first line treatment in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Capecitabine is an active drug in women with MBC pretreated with taxane and anthracycline. Docetaxel increases the intracellular levels of thymidilate phosphorylase and thus is synergistic with capecitabine. The combination of docetaxel plus capecitabine is highly active and superior to docetaxel monotherapy in women with MBC pretreated with an anthracycline
Primary Objectives: 1. To assess the feasibility of mini-allogeneic Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell (PBPC) transplantation in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. 2. To determine the success rate (complete remission without severe toxicity or death) at 100 days after the transplant and long-term progression free survival (PFS) rate. 3. To examine the graft vs. breast cancer effect of allogeneic PBPC transplantation.
Primary objectives: - To determine the time to progression in subjects with breast cancer metastatic to bone only treated with 153Sm-EDTMP and Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (PBSCT). Secondary objectives: - To determine the overall survival at one year. - To determine the efficacy of 153Sm-EDTMP at 6 months. - To assess pain in subjects treated with 153Sm-EDTMP. - To determine the safety of 153Sm-EDTMP.