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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of E7389 in Patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, previously treated with anthracycline, taxane, and capecitabine as prior therapy, and who are refractory to the last prior therapy for their disease.
This study intends to assess the ability of contrast-enhanced ultrasound to make the efficacy of chemotherapy in breast cancer precise. This real-time noninvasive and feasible imaging technique allows us, the investigators at University Hospital Tours, to evaluate early vascular changes of breast tumors during treatment. These vascular changes may precede long-term tumoral regression. Imaging of primary breast lesions may be of value in the prediction of late treatment response. An ultrasound will be performed before the initiation, and after the second and the last dose of chemotherapy. To investigate the changes occurring in the vascularization of tumors, we will use an intravascular ultrasound contrast agent SonoVue (sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles). This agent is a microbubbles preparation that is stable, resistant to pressure, and specifically designed to be used as a contrast agent for ultrasound imaging of angiogenesis.
The present study sought to investigate the efficacy of two psychosocial interventions for breast cancer patients, a peer support intervention and an education intervention. The present study also sought to identify mechanisms underlying the benefits of these interventions, and to determine if the efficacy of these interventions is moderated by cancer severity.
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of sulindac may prevent breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase I trial is studying the effects of sulindac, to prevent breast cancer, in women at high risk for breast cancer.
RATIONALE: Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using anastrozole may fight breast cancer by lowering the amount of estrogen the body makes. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how anastrozole effects postmenopausal women who have undergone surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ or stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine hydrochloride and genistein, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving gemcitabine hydrochloride together with genistein may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine hydrochloride together with genistein works in treating women with stage IV breast cancer.
AZD2171 (cediranib maleate) may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. This phase II trial is studying how well AZD2171 works in treating patients with refractory stage IV breast cancer
Ultrasound is a well-established imaging modality for the evaluation of breast disease. The investigators' objective is to characterise the properties of an intravascular ultrasonographic contrast agent SonoVue (sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles) to improve the diagnostic value of the ultrasound examination in patients with different breast lesions. The final purpose of this ultrasonography is to allow the early detection of tumors and to improve the differentiation between benign and malignant lesions. SonoVue® (sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles) is a microbubbles preparation that is stable, resistant to pressure, and specifically designed to be used as a contrast agent for ultrasound imaging. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound could provide a non-invasive technique to evaluate the morphology of breast tumour vascularity.
DiaTech is a private company performing patient specific cancer chemosensitivity testing for patients and physicians. DiaTech Oncology is doing this clinical study to see if an experimental new technology called the microculture kinetic (MiCK) assay will predict treatment outcome and can help to direct the chemotherapy of cancer subjects. This study is focused on subjects diagnosed with breast, ovarian, lung, and colon malignancies and low-grade lymphomas. Study Objectives: - To evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to predict the outcome of chemotherapy of cancer patients. - To evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to guide chemotherapy of cancer patients.
Breast cancer survivors often suffer from climacteric symptoms caused by treatment or diagnosis of their disease. Hormone replacement therapy is contraindicated and other pharmacological options may also include the risk of stimulating hormone receptors. Hydrotherapy following the guidelines of naturopathy by S. Kneipp is a non-pharmacological treatment option which may influence climacteric symptoms by affecting the regulation of body temperature. In this study, the regular self application of hydrotherapy after initial training by a professional will be evaluated for its efficacy, practicability, and compatibility.