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Filter by:RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery. It is not yet known whether intensity-modulated radiation therapy is more effective than standard radiation therapy in treating patients with early-stage breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is comparing radiation therapy regimens in treating women with early-stage breast cancer who have undergone breast-conservation surgery.
The objective of the study is to monitor the changes of blood coagulation parameters in postmenopausal patients who are treated with adjuvant Hormonal Therapy for a total of 5 years. The values of the standard coagulation parameters throughout the study will be compared with the baseline values.
This study will investigate whether the neoadjuvant combination of gemcitabine, carboplatin, and BSI-201 will cause a high percentage of triple negative breast cancer patients to achieve a pathologic complete response prior to surgery. Based on data generated by BiPar/Sanofi, it is concluded that iniparib does not possess characteristics typical of the PARP inhibitor class. The exact mechanism has not yet been fully elucidated, however based on experiments on tumor cells performed in the laboratory, iniparib is a novel investigational anti-cancer agent that induces gamma-H2AX (a marker of DNA damage) in tumor cell lines, induces cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase in tumor cell lines, and potentiates the cell cycle effects of DNA damaging modalities in tumor cell lines. Investigations into potential targets of iniparib and its metabolites are ongoing.
RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures that measure biomarker levels in nipple section and blood samples, may help in the early detection of breast cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying nipple secretion samples in detecting breast cancer in patients and healthy participants undergoing breast cancer screening, breast diagnostic studies, or treatment for benign breast disease.
This study is testing the effects of exercise and dietary change on weight reduction and biological markers associated with breast cancer risk in breast cancer survivors of Hispanic or African descent (n=45). This is a randomized, crossover pilot and feasibility study to test the effects of a 30-minute circuit-based exercise program that combines resistance training with aerobic exercise in conjunction with a low-fat calorie reduced diet. Participants will be randomized to either an immediate 6-months of exercise and dietary change, or a delayed group who will begin their exercise and dietary change program 6-months after the study begins. Participants in the immediate group will be followed for an additional 6-months in order to evaluate adherence to the exercise and dietary change recommendations. Participants in both groups will exercise at a neighborhood Curves® facility at least 5 times per week for six months and will participate in a series of nutrition education classes.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the combination of fulvestrant and ZACTIMA, versus fulvestrant plus placebo, results in a significant decrease in the bone marker, urinary N-Telopeptide (NTx) in postmenopausal women with bone only, or bone predominant, hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer. A significant decrease will be defined as a > 30% reduction in urinary NTx level from baseline.
This single arm study will assess the efficacy and safety of Avastin in combination with Herceptin and Xeloda as first-line treatment of patients with HER2-positive locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Patients will receive 3-weekly treatment cycles of Herceptin (8mg/kg iv on day 1 of first cycle, followed by 6mg/kg iv maintenance dose on day 1 of subsequent cycles), Xeloda (1000mg/m2 bid po on days 1-14 of each treatment cycle) and Avastin (15mg/kg on day 2 of first treatment cycle,and on day 1 of each subsequent cycle).The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.
RATIONALE: Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using exemestane may fight breast cancer by lowering the amount of estrogen the body makes. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well exemestane works in treating postmenopausal women with stage IV breast cancer.
The ATENA phase III randomized parallel-group multicenter trial is designed to compare 5 years of adjuvant exemestane versus 5 years of observation in postmenopausal women with operable breast cancer who have received 5-7 years of adjuvant tamoxifen. The primary endpoint for the core protocol is disease-free survival (DFS). Exemestane treatment is planned for 5 years unless disease relapse or excessive toxicity is documented, the patient refuses further treatment or any new anti-cancer therapy is initiated.
This study is for women and men who have previously treated metastatic (has spread to other parts in the body), Her2- positive breast cancer. The purpose of this study is to find out what effects (good and bad) the FDA-approved drugs etoposide and trastuzumab have on this type of breast cancer and to determine if these drugs are safe to use together. This research is being done to find more effective treatment for this type of condition. In this study, trastuzumab and etoposide will be given by intravenous infusion (IV; through a vein) on the first 3 days of every 3-week cycle. This is repeated for 6 cycles. After 6 cycles, only trastuzumab will be given until worsening of disease. In this study, a small amount of your tissue that was collected when you had surgery will be evaluated in the lab to look at genetic differences among people and how those differences may affect a response to a specific drug or medicine. This testing will look for a gene called Top2A. Previous studies suggest that people who have both the Top2A and Her2 genes respond to certain chemotherapies (anti-cancer drugs) differently from those who only have the Her2 gene.