Radiation Doses and Fractionation Schedules in Non-low Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) of the Breast (DCIS)
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast focused on measuring Ductal carcinoma in-situ, Breast conserving therapy, Whole breast radiation therapy, Tumour bed boost, Fractionation schedules, Completely excised non-low risk DCIS
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients must fulfill all of the following criteria for admission to study:
- Women ≥ 18 years.
- Histologically proven DCIS of the breast without an invasive component.
- Bilateral mammograms performed within 6 months prior to randomization.
- Clinically node-negative.
- Treated by breast conserving surgery (primary excision or re-excision) with complete microscopic excision and clear radial margins of ≥1 mm* (*Patients with superficial or deep resection margin of <1 mm are eligible if surgery has removed all of the intervening breast tissue from the subcutaneous tissue to the pectoralis fascia).
Women who are at high risk of local recurrence due to:
- Age < 50 years; OR
Age ≥ 50 years plus at least one of the following:
- Symptomatic presentation
- Palpable tumour
- Multifocal disease
- Microscopic tumour size ≥ 1.5 cm in maximum dimension
- Intermediate or high nuclear grade
- Central necrosis
- Comedo histology
- Radial* surgical resection margin < 10 mm. (*Patients with superficial or deep resection margin of < 10 mm are eligible if surgery has not removed all of the intervening breast tissue from the subcutaneous tissue to the pectoralis fascia.)
- Assessed by surgeon and radiation oncologist to be suitable for breast conserving therapy including whole breast RT.
- Ability to tolerate protocol treatment.
- Protocol RT should preferably commence within 8 weeks but must commence no later than 12 weeks from the last surgical procedure.
- ECOG performance status 0, 1 or 2.
- Patient's life expectancy > 5 years.
- Availability for long-term follow-up.
- Written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who fulfill any of the following criteria are not eligible for admission to study:
Multicentric disease or extensive microcalcifications that could not be completely excised by breast conserving surgery with radial margins of ≥1 mm*.
*Patients with superficial and/or deep margin of <1 mm are eligible if surgery has removed all of the intervening breast tissue from the subcutaneous tissue to the pectoralis fascia.
- Presence of tumour cells in lymph nodes detected using H&E or immunohistochemical examination (if lymph node biopsy or dissection has been performed).
- Locally recurrent breast cancer.
Previous DCIS or invasive cancer of the contralateral breast.
- Bilateral DCIS of the breasts
- Synchronous invasive carcinoma of the contralateral breast
Other concurrent or previous malignancies except:
- Non-melanomatous skin cancer;
- Carcinoma in situ of the cervix or endometrium; and
- Invasive carcinoma of the cervix, endometrium, colon, thyroid and melanoma treated at least five years prior to study admission without disease recurrence.
- Serious non-malignant disease that precludes definitive surgical or radiation treatment (e.g., scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, cardiovascular/pulmonary/renal disease).
- ECOG performance status ≥ 3.
- Women who are pregnant or lactating.
Sites / Locations
- Campbelltown Hospital
- Nepean Cancer Care Centre
- St George Hospital
- Liverpool Hospital
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Riverina Cancer Care Centre
- Calvary Mater Newcastle
- Westmead Hospital
- Premion - Wesley
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Genesis Cancer Care (previously Premion) - Nambour
- Radiation Oncology - Mater Centre
- Toowoomba Cancer Research Centre
- North Queensland Oncology Service
- Genesis Cancer Care (previously Premion) - Tugun
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- Launceston General Hospital
- Barwon Health - Andrew Love Cancer Care Centre, Geelong Hospital
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- Austin Hospital
- William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre, Alfred Hospital
- Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital
- Royal Perth Hospital
- Perth Radiation Oncology
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Ziekenhuis
- ZNA Middelheim
- Cliniques Univeritaires St Luc
- Universitair Zielenhusi
- Hopital De Jolimont
- AZ Groeninghe - Campus Maria's Voorzienigheid
- Algemeen Ziekenhis Sint-Augustinus
- Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
- Jurvanski Cancer Centre
- Notre Dame Hospital
- BCCA Southern Interior - CAVK
- London Regional Cancer Program
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- Leon Richard Oncology Centre
- Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
- Lakeridge Health
- CHUQ L'Hotel-Dieu de Quebec
- McGill University Department of Oncology
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre
- Universite de Sherbrooke - CUGH
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
- Odette Cancer Centre
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- BCCA Vancouver Centre
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre
- Cancer Care Manitoba
- Chr De Grenoble - La Tronche
- Centre Antine Lacassagne
- Cork University Hospital
- University Hospital Galway
- SLRON (St Luke's Rad Onc Network)
- Centro Di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano
- Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Cancer Institute Antoni Van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis
- Arnhem 'S Radiotherapeutisch Instituut
- Reinier de Graaf Groep
- University Medical Centre Groningen
- Leiden University Medical Centre
- Maastricht Radiation Oncology Maastro Clinic
- Medisch Centrum Haaglanden
- ISALA Klinieken
- Auckland Hospital
- Christchurch Hospital
- Waikato Hospital
- National University Hospital
- University Hospital Basel
- IOSI
- Inselspital Bern
- Kantonsspital Graubunden
- Kantonsspital Munsterlingen
- Kantonsspital St. Gallen
- Brust-Zentrum Zurich-Seefeld
- Klinik Hirslanden
- Gloucestershire Royal & Cheltenham General Hospitals
- Churchill Hospital
- Pilgram Hospital
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
- Ealing Hospital
- Kings Mill Hospital Nottingham
- Musgrove Park Hospital
- Queens Hospital Burton
- University of North Staffordshire
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Basildon University Hospital
- Belfast City Hospital
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- Bristol Haematology & Oncology
- Colchester Hospital
- Coventry Arden Cancer Centre
- Royal Derby Hospital
- Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary
- Queen Margaret Hospital
- Edinburgh Western General Hospital
- The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
- Royal Surrey County Hospital
- Ipswich Hospital
- Kidderminster Hospital
- Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Lincoln County Hospital
- Imperial College Healthcare Charing Cross
- James Cook University Hospital
- Nottingham University Hospitals
- Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Alexandra Hospital
- Weston Park Hospital
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Southend University Hopstial
- Stafford Hospital
- Royal Marsden
- Warwick Hospital
- New Cross Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Active Comparator
Experimental
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm 1 (Standard WB Fractionation)
Arm 2 (Shorter WB Fractionation)
Arm 3 (Standard WB fractionation+Boost)
Arm 4 (Shorter WB fractionation + Boost)
Whole Breast RT alone - Standard fractionation schedule (50GY/25 Fractions/35days)
Whole Breast RT alone - Shorter fractionation schedule (42.5 Gy/16 fractions/22 days)
Whole Breast RT + tumor bed boost - Standard fractionation schedule (50 Gy/25 fractions/35 days; Boost 16 Gy/8 fractions/10 days)
Whole breast RT + tumour bed boost - Shorter fractionation schedule (42.5 Gy/16 fractions/22 days; Boost 16 Gy/8 fractions/10 days)