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Filter by:STUDY AIM To decrease the number of breast cancer patients receiving overtreatment of the axilla, in order to positively influence the axillary morbidity rate and quality of life. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To determine whether omitting completion axillary treatment is not inferior to the current axillary treatment regimen in sentinel node positive breast cancer patients undergoing a mastectomy, in terms of regional recurrence rate. HYPOTHESIS Completion axillary treatment can be safely omitted in sentinel node positive breast cancer patients undergoing a mastectomy. This will lead to a decreased axillary morbidity rate and to an increased quality of life, with non-inferior regional control, distant-disease free- and overall survival rates.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether preoperative abdominal imaging using either CT angiogram (CTA), or MR angiogram (MRA) will impact perforator dissection time, cost, and patient outcomes in DIEP flap breast reconstruction.
The objective of the registry study is to demonstrate the clinical utility of the CELLSEARCH® CTC Test among the Medicare-Eligible metastatic Breast Cancer (mBC) patients in the United States. The objective of the present registry is to demonstrate the impact on patient management of the CELLSEARCH® CTC Test among the Medicare-eligible mBC patients. Hereto the hypothesis that the availability of CTC information provides clinicians important, timely information and impacts treatment decisions, will be tested. This study is IDE-exempt since CELLSEARCH® CTC Test is a legally marketed device in the US, and is being used in accordance with its labeling.
The purpose of this study is to assess the utility of FDG PET/CT in evaluating response of bone dominant breast cancer to therapy. Eligible patients with bone dominant ER+ breast cancer will undergo baseline FDG PET/CT for evaluation of their disease, after the start of therapy they will undergo an FDG PET/CT scan at 4 weeks and again at 12 weeks. PET/CT results will be compared to clinical measures of response, time to progression and overall survival.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether biomarkers could be found to gain more insight in tumor characteristics in order to predict which patients will have a high chance of a long progression-free survival. Postmenopausal patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer who have progressed on anastrozole or letrozole will be eligible for this study.
Breast cancer biomarkers are usually performed on core needle biopsy (CNB) specimens and are not routinely repeated on surgical specimens (SS). However, preliminary data suggests that testing these biomarkers, on SS when compared to CNB samples can lead to different results. Our hypothesis is that The aim of this study is to identify a group of women with invasive breast cancer who may benefit from additional HER2 testing on their SS to ensure that areas of HER2 amplification are not missed. Another aim is to determine whether further HER2 testing on the SS in select patients would lead to changes in breast cancer treatment options.
The main purpose of this study is to compare progression-free survival for women with hormone receptor positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2) negative advanced breast cancer receiving either abemaciclib + fulvestrant or fulvestrant alone. Participants will be randomized to abemaciclib or placebo in a 2:1 ratio. The study will last about 9 months for each participant. For the endocrine naïve cohort, all participants will received abemaciclib + fulvestrant.
ًًًُُُُThe investigators are testing the efficacy of a new novel technique; serratus anterior plane block, for preventing postoperative pain after breast surgery for cancer. This block will be compared with the well-established paravertebral block.
This study will look at two new technologies being developed for measuring cancer in bones. One of these technologies is a substance called Sodium Fluoride (NaF). Fluoride is a normal body substance. The amount that patients will receive has been shown to be very safe. One study of over 400 patients showed no adverse reactions after receiving the recommended dosage. NaF (known as a radiotracer) is taken up into the bones under a normal process and researchers can measure the amount within patient's bones through an imaging system called a Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI). This system combines aspects of both a PET study as part of the regular standard of care and an MRI study. The belief is that the combination of these two studies will be better than either study alone.People who have enrolled in this study will receive their clinically requested PET/CT scan as part of their normal diagnostic care and will follow all the said recommendations for this study such as not being pregnant, having fasted overnight, etc. Subjects will return within 7 days for a 10 mCi NaF PET/MRI study. The patients' imaging time will be up to 120 minutes depending on the MRI sequences acquired. Imaging for the PET portion of the study will take approximately 20-30 minutes with the rest of the time devoted to MRI sequences.
To test the effects of 2 different 5-wk stress management interventions (cognitive behavioral training or relaxation training) vs. a time-matched 5-wk health education condition on psychosocial adaptation and physiological adaptation in women being treated for breast cancer. Participants assigned to either of the stress management conditions will show improved psychosocial adaptation and physiological adaptation compared to those assigned to the health education condition.