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This phase II multicentre randomized open-label study will assess the safety and efficacy of Pembrolizumab in combination with standard chemotherapy in inflammatory breast cancer. Pembrolizumab will be administered every 3 weeks during the neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Tissue and blood samples will be collected pre- and post-treatment for translational research.
Sometimes women have more than one breast cancer in the same breast at the same time. These women are usually offered a mastectomy (removal of that breast) and breast reconstruction. It may be possible to treat these patients by removing each cancer using breast-saving surgery (lumpectomies), used for women with only one breast cancer. Databases show that women who had lumpectomies did well, but they may have been healthier before the surgery than those who had a mastectomy. The investigators need to be sure that lumpectomy is effective, safe, and acceptable for this patient group before making it universally available.
The TRIP Project aims to overcome barriers to widespread implementation and dissemination of evidence-based practices that will improve the delivery of guideline-concordant care to vulnerable women with breast cancer. To accomplish this goal the study team will create (a) regional patient registries; (b) systematic screening for social barriers to care with a personalized referral plan; and (c) patient navigation services that integrate into one model of care to improve the quality and effectiveness of care delivery, for minority and/or low-income women with breast cancer in Boston.
RATIONALE: The use of tailored axillary dissection as a tailored procedure will avoid surgical overtreatment by selectively removing the lymph nodes that are affected by the cancer, thereby sparing many women the unnecessary complications of a radical surgery, providing a better quality of life while keeping the same efficacy. PURPOSE: The phase III trial is evaluating the optimal treatment for breast cancer patients in terms of surgery and radiotherapy.
Utilization of circulating-tumor-cell (CTC) and cell free DNA (cfDNA) as novel and noninvasive tests for diagnosis confirmation, therapy selection, and cancer surveillance is a rapidly growing area of interest. In the wake of FDA approval of a liquid biopsy test, it is important for clinicians to acknowledge the obvious clinical utility of liquid biopsy for cancer management throughout the course of the disease.
This prospective phase I/II study to assess the clinical toxicity and investigate the clinical response of breast cancers to a 10 fraction hypofractionated course of radiation therapy in advanced incurable breast cancer patients. This study would also investigate the feasibility of voluntary breath hold technique for heart sparing in left sided breast cancer patients. An intervention radiation therapy dose of 35 Gray in 10 fractions over 2 weeks, 5 fractions per week, 1 fraction per day will be studied within this clinical trial. Primary objective of the study is to assess the toxicity using CTCAE version 4 and LENTSOMA toxicity criteria, in advanced incurable breast cancer patients treated with hypofractionated radiotherapy schedule of 35 GY in 10 fractions . Secondary objectives are 1. response rate after radiotherapy measured using the PERCIST criteria at 3 months. 2. Change in quality of life measured using trial outcome index (TOI) at 2 weeks after radiotherapy. 3. Measure the change in PHQ4 score at 2 weeks after radiotherapy. Additionally to assess the feasibility of voluntary breath hold technique for heart sparing in left sided breast cancer patients and to biobank tissue and blood for future radiobiology tests. A total of 30 patients will be recruited in this study. Among these 30 patients at least 10 patients will be recruited with left sided breast cancer on which feasibility of voluntary breath hold technique for heart sparing will be tested. Patient will be followed up weekly during radiotherapy, then monthly for 1st three months, then 3 monthly for two years, then 6 monthly for next 3 years.
The purpose of this study is to compare the immunogenicity of Peg-filgrastim versus Neulasta® as an adjunct to chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer
Music has often been used in hospitals as a therapy but there is a limited amount of research looking at how music actually affects the different molecules in the body, such as cortisol (a marker of stress). There is especially a lack of research in the context of surgery. The hope is that this study will show that music can be used to minimize some of the side effects related to breast surgery and improve the patient experience.
This is a single institution study enrolling women over age 25 with newly diagnosed breast cancer and for whom a breast MR has been ordered as standard of care. Subjects will undergo a hybrid dedicated Breast PET/MRI in lieu of a breast MRI alone, for evaluation of extent of disease prior to surgical and oncologic management. The study will investigate any incremental added benefit to breast MRI specificity by the addition of concurrent hybrid breast PET.