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Filter by:The purpose of the proposed prospective study is to determine the diagnostic value of MRI for the evaluation of patients with pathologic nipple discharge. Breast surgeons will identify clinic patients with pathologic nipple discharge (unilateral and bloody or unilateral and clear) and refer them for breast MRI. When the clinical team notifies the study team that an MRI has been ordered for that purpose, the study team will consent patients to document the results and follow-up. The study team will not be obtaining MRI's on patients for research purposes only. The following data will be collected and analyzed: patient age, characteristics of the discharge (laterality, spontaneous versus expressed, duration of time, color, presence of blood), imaging workup and findings, BI-RADS final assessment categories, pathology results from core biopsy and/or surgical excision, and clinical and radiologic follow-up data during the two years after presentation. Participation in this study poses minimal risk to patients. Risks to the subjects include loss of confidentiality and unnecessary breast biopsy. The risks associated with MRI are minimal; however, since a gadolinium-based contrast agent will be administered for the MRI, patients with compromised renal function and patients who are pregnant will be excluded from the study.
The purpose of this study is to determine if it is better an integral strategy, with a m-health system, when used in addition to a supervised treatment, versus the use of the m-health system alone, to improve the immediate and long-term Quality of Life of breast cancer survivors.
Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green (ICG) has been used for breast cancer surgery such as sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping and breast cancer localization. In this study, our hypothesis are as following: 1. As inject only indocyanine green (ICG), it provide the surgeon visual guidance to ensure better outcome. 2. indocyanine green (ICG) permitted accurate preoperative and intraoperative detection of the SLNs as well as nonpalpable benign brest lesion in patients with breast cancer.
In patients with early-stage breast cancer, chemotherapy has substantially improved survival rates. Improvements in outcomes, however, are compromised by the considerable toxicities associated with chemotherapy, the most notable being neutropenia. Neutropenia is the presence of abnormally few white blood cells, leading to increase susceptibility to infection and can require hospitalization and need for intravenous antibiotics and is sometimes fatal. Febrile neutropenia (FN) can also be associated with treatment delays and dose reductions, potentially compromising treatment efficacy. Patients can receive medication to reduce the risk of FN such as Neupogen (filgrastim) as a daily injection for 5, 7 or 10 days. Since there is genuine uncertainty among healthcare professionals as to which administration schedule of Neupogen is the best for patients, the investigators are performing a randomized study for which patients will receive either 5, 7 or 10 days of Neupogen. Neupogen can cost approximately $200/injection, so if a physician prescribes 10 days for 8 cycles of treatment, this can cost $16,000 compared to a 5 day treatment which would cost half this. In addition to cost savings, many patients are not able to give themselves injections on a daily basis and require nursing resources which are utilized at high cost. This study will use an oral consent model to compare 5, 7 and 10 days of Neupogen to evaluate rates of febrile neutropenia and hospitalization.
Healthy premenopausal women were enrolled in a diet intervention study that examined the effect of a combination EPA/DHA supplement on risk factors associated with breast cancer. In a randomized cross-over design, women consumed their habitual diet with a supplement for three menstrual cycles, had three cycles of wash-out and then consumed a low-fat diet with the same supplement. Blood, urine and nipple aspirate fluid were collected periodically over the 10 month protocol and analyzed for biomarkers associated with supplementation and future risk of breast cancer.
The purpose of this study is to review retrospectively cases of breast cancer of the centers belonging to the BREST UNIT Tuscany North-West Wide Area and compare the imaging characteristics (ultrasound, mammography and mammary MRI if available) of breast cancer with the corresponding histological reports and assess whether in women <40 years the typical imaging presentation pattern of malignancies observed in women> 40 years are confirmed.
This prospective, multicenter, observational study aims to explore a comprehensive approach to the care of early breast cancer patients in a regional health territory (including 1.5 million women and characterized by a breast cancer incidence and mortality higher than national ranges), incorporating all healthcare actors inside and outside the hospital.
This is a single centre, observational and retrospective clinical study. The study group was about all HR positive postmenopausal breast cancer patients who were hospitalized between January, 2008 and October, 2010, and ever accepted AI therapy with the completed follow-up data.
This clinical trial studies positron emission tomography imaging in using copper Cu 64 TP3805in patients with breast cancer. Diagnostic procedures, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and positron emission mammography (PEM) scan, using Cu-64-TP3805 may help doctors find and diagnose breast cancer.
Investigator-initiated, international, multicentre, randomized, open-label, (neo)adjuvant phase III study in target population (stage III, HER2-negative, BRCA1-like breast cancer patients) comparing optimized standard-dose chemotherapy with intensified, alkylating chemotherapy with stem cell rescue.