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Filter by:RATIONALE: DNA analysis of tumor tissue may help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment and plan effective treatment. PURPOSE: This pilot study is studying how well hormone therapy or chemotherapy before surgery based on gene expression analysis works in treating patients with breast cancer. The purpose of this research study is threefold. First, it is to determine if this approach to treatment is acceptable to participants. Second, it is to determine whether it is feasible to use the genetic make-up of your breast cancer cells to predict whether your disease will best respond to chemotherapy or hormonal therapy when given prior to surgery. Third, which is optional, is to determine if the blood levels of Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 IGFBP-2 can be used to monitor the response of your breast cancer to the treatment that you receive.
The primary objective of this study is to use LR imaging to evaluate the effects of adjuvant radiation therapy on reconstructed breasts.
Hydroxychloroquine is a drug that has been used to treat malaria and rheumatism. It is recently discovered that Hydroxychloroquine increases 'autophagy'. Autophagy is a process whereby cells eat a part themselves giving them extra energy. Cancer cells use autophagy to survive chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. Also, cancer cells use autophagy to survive in areas of a tumor where there is a low oxygen level. The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment with the drug Hydroxychloroquine leads to a decrease of autophagy in breast cancer tissue.
This clinical trial studies azacitidine in treating patients with triple negative stage I-IV invasive breast cancer that can be removed by surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as azacitidine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
Prospective MR-imaging study : role of magnetic resonance (MR) and Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) MR in staging and therapy assessment in breast cancer patients with bone metastases.
The purpose of this study is to determine if it is feasible, safe, and effective to use Cyberknife radiotherapy to deliver partial breast radiotherapy after lumpectomy.Patients meeting eligibility criteria will be invited to participate. Adjuvant radiotherapy will be delivered using CyberKnife radiotherapy using twice daily sessions for five days for a total of ten sessions. Short-term and long-term toxicity will be assessed as well as Tumor control and site of failure (if any).
This single arm. open-label study will assess the efficacy and safety of Herceptin (trastuzumab) in combination with Xeloda (capecitabine) in patients with metastatic or recurrent HER2-positive breast cancer, refractory to or relapsing after chemotherapy with Herceptin and taxanes. Patients will receive Xeloda 900mg/m2 twice daily orally on days 1-14 of each 3-week cycle and Herceptin 8mg/kg intravenously (iv) on day 1 of the first cycle followed by 6mg/kg iv every 3 weeks. The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.
This is a prospective pilot study designed to document safety and efficacy of liver-directed therapy for colorectal, neuroendocrine, cholangiocarcinoma, melanoma, and breast cancer metastases to the liver using Yttrium-90 glass microspheres (TheraSphere).
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in breast cancer patients after breast surgery.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bavituximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Giving paclitaxel together with bavituximab may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects of giving paclitaxel and bavituximab together in treating patients with Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2 (HER2 )-negative metastatic breast cancer