Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to find out if there is a link between cigarette smoking, inflammation and the spread of breast cancer to the lung. We think that women who are current or former smokers may be at increased risk for breast cancer spreading to the lung compared to women who have never smoked. Smoking causes inflammation in the lung in some women. Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering (MSKCC) think that smoking-related lung inflammation may increase the chance of breast cancer spreading to the lung. In order to find out whether inflammation plays a role in breast cancer spreading to the lung, we will measure a urinary marker of lung inflammation. This will allow us to determine if this marker is more commonly elevated in women with breast cancer that has spread to the lung compared to those without breast cancer in the lung. We will also collect DNA from blood to have the opportunity to determine if there are differences in DNA in women with or without breast cancer that has spread to the other sites including the lung. We will also collect blood to determine if we can identify risk factors for the spread of breast cancer to the lungs.

Breast cancer treatment is for many patients followed by sequelae, such as persistent pain, sensory disturbances, lymphedema and reduced physical function. These undesired consequences of the treatment are a major clinical problem, with persistent pain affecting 25-60%, sensory disturbances 20-80%, lymphedema 2-86% and reduced physical function 13-28% of patients. Development of persistent pain after breast cancer treatment, involves a complex pathophysiology that involves pre-, intra- and postoperative factors. Several risk factors for the development of persistent pain after breast cancer treatment have been identified; young age, psychosocial factors, surgical procedure and radiation therapy. Neurotoxicity is a well know attribute of many chemotherapeutic agents, such as taxanes. The purpose of this nationwide study is to retrospectively examine a cohort of breast cancer patients treated with docetaxel, to clarify if docetaxel may influence the prevalence and intensity of persistent pain and other sequelae.

The goal of this psychosocial research study is to learn about treating pain and other symptoms of minority patients who have breast cancer. The study will test how well a special telephone system works for improving the pain and symptom management of these patients.

The purpose of this image acquisition study is to compare, in a Reader Study, the Tomosynthesis System used in conjunction with a conventional 2-D digital imaging system (2-D plus 3-D images) to the conventional 2-D digital imaging system (2-D images), and to determine whether the 2-D plus 3-D images compared to the 2-D images alone will improve receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve.

Background: Research suggests that breast cancers may arise from a population of stem cells in the normal mammary gland that produce clones of cancer cells. Researchers are now trying to determine what events may initiate the formation of cancer cells. Objectives: To look for and describe breast stem cells from normal breast tissue from women who do not have breast cancer. To compare the breast stem cells between women at increased risk for breast cancer and women at average risk for breast cancer. To show a relationship between the number and type of breast stem cells with the density (appearance) of the mammogram (breast x-ray). To make cell cultures (grow cells under controlled conditions) from the breast stem cells. Eligibility: -Women 18 years of age and older who are at average or increased risk for breast cancer. Design: Participants complete a health history questionnaire, family history questionnaire and risk assessment questionnaire. Participants have a mammogram and breast biopsy (surgical removal of a sample of breast tissue). Women who can become pregnant have a urine pregnancy test....

Primary Objectives: To validate the prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer (MBC). To prospectively determine if assessment of CTCs can be used to stratify patients with MBC into two prognostic groups independent of existing methods i.e. hormone-receptor status, site of metastasis (e.g. visceral vs. non visceral) and treatment administered (e.g. chemotherapy vs. hormonal therapy). To incorporate this information into the current TNM staging system by sub-classifying stage IV disease into two prognostic groups, Stage IVA and Stage IVB. Secondary Objective: 1. To perform global gene profiling on selected specimens and correlate the profiles with clinical outcomes.

Using synchrotron X-ray diffraction, it has been reported that a hair from an individual with breast cancer exhibits a difference in its molecular structure compared to that of an individual without breast cancer. This difference is visible in the X-ray diffraction pattern as a ring superimposed on the pattern for normal hair. The hypothesis of this study is that synchrotron x-ray diffraction can be used to differentiate hairs from women with medically diagnosed breast cancer from women not known to have the disease. To test this hypothesis, hair from 2000 women attending radiology clinics for mammography will be collected, analysed by x-ray diffraction and then analysed using Fermiscan proprietary image analysis software. The mammogram status of the subjects will be blinded from the diffraction analysts. Results will then be compared with mammography results to allow a direct comparison between the Fermiscan test and mammography in terms of specificity and sensitivity.

The purpose of this observational study is to describe radiological, clinical and histological characteristics of women with infiltrative breast cancer.

There are three main objectives, centering on those patients targeted for surveillance imaging. The first objective is to compare image quality and specificity of breast tomosynthesis and conventional 2D mammography in a BIRADS 3 diagnostic population. The second objective is to compare image quality and ability to determine post-surgical and post-radiation changes from recurrence in a post-cancer subset of a BIRADS 3 population having undergone conservation therapy (lumpectomy with or without radiation. The final objective is to compare image quality and the ability to determine chemoresponsiveness in a post-cancer subset of a BIRADS 3 population, who are undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

The purpose of this study is to compare the 1-year adherence to upfront adjuvant AI for postmenopausal, early stage breast cancer in the two observational arms; Standard Treatment and Standard Treatment plus PSP arm after one year