Active clinical trials for "Breast Carcinoma In Situ"

Breast cancer affects a large proportion of Danish women and late morbidity following breast cancer treatment including pain, reduced motility and force of the arm and shoulder, disturbed sensitivity, and lymph edema affects many patients. The risk for such late complications have previously been carefully described by us and others in patients operated by traditional methods, but the follow-up in most of these studies have been rather short , and long time follow-up results are not available. The impact of the new oncoplastic techniques that allows more women to have breast conserving surgery is not known yet. These operations are more extensive and therefore might be accompanied by more complications. The purpose of this study is to give answer to that question.The study includes three parts. First a questionnaire to patients who have breast conserving surgery performed in one of the three breast units in Central Region Denmark. It contains questions regarding arm morbidity, quality of life, comorbidity, and body image. The questionnaire should be filled in preoperatively and 18 months after surgery. The second part consists of an objective evaluation of shoulder and arm function and cosmesis before and after breast conserving surgery with and without oncoplastic techniques. This should be performed at baseline before surgery and 18 months later. The third part is a long time follow-up of patients after breast conserving surgery without oncoplastic techniques. This group of patients is recruited from three breast units in Central Region Denmark. It contains questions regarding arm morbidity, quality of life, comorbidity, and body image. The questionnaire should be filled in preoperatively and 18 months after surgery. The second part consists of an objective evaluation of shoulder and arm function and cosmesis before and after breast conserving surgery with and without oncoplastic techniques. This should be performed at baseline before surgery and 18 months later. The third part is a long time follow-up of patients after breast conserving surgery without oncoplastic techniques. This group of patients is recruited from the cohort in a previous study with 18 months follow-up following breast conserving surgery without oncoplastic technique.

Many hospitals, including the Ohio State University Medical Center, will take pictures of the blood vessels in a patient's abdomen before they decide to perform a breast reconstruction using the patient's own tissue. These pictures are called computed tomography (CT) angiograms and are like a map of each patient's anatomy. However, no study has been reported that determined how accurate these pictures are at showing the surgeon where all of the blood vessels were located. This study will try to determine if these pictures are missing any blood vessels that are found during surgery and if the pictures show the correct location of the vessels

This pilot clinical trial studies KeraStat Skin Therapy in treating radiation dermatitis in patients with newly diagnosed stage 0-IIIA breast cancer. Radiation dermatitis is an itchy, painful skin rash that can occur following treatment with radiation. KeraStat Skin Therapy may be a better treatment for radiation dermatitis.

This study is being done in order to better understand the biology of an abnormal lesion found in breast tissue called "lobular carcinoma in situ" (LCIS). We are interested in studying LCIS. The LCIS is not a cancer itself, but is a marker for an increased risk of cancer. We would like to look for LCIS in breast tissue removed during surgery from patients with cancer or at high risk for cancer. If LCIS is found, we will search for genes that are expressed (turned on or off) differently than in normal breast tissue. The identification of such genes would help us better understand the biology of LCIS, and its possible relationship to breast cancer.

The aim of this study is to contribute to the knowledge regarding immediate implant-based BR by investigating whether the one-stage technique with ADM is superior to the two-stage expander to implant technique. Primary endpoint in first publication is postoperative complications, secondary endpoint is patient and investigator assessed aesthetic outcome. Primary endpoint in second publication is cost, secondary endpoint is patient reported outcome measures.

The investigators hope to gain a better understanding of the influence of affect reactivity and regulation on the decision of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients to choose bilateral mastectomy. The information gained can help develop an intervention to enable management of cancer-related anxiety by non-surgical means.

RATIONALE: Gathering information about genetic changes in patients with lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast may help doctors learn more about the disease and find better methods of treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the genetics of women with lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast.

The objective of this prospective randomized study is to perform qualitative and quantitative comparisons between the insertion of traditional suction drains (Arm: Suction drain) versus the application of absorbable adaptive sutures (Arm: Adaptive suture) following simplex mastectomy or modified radical mastectomy in the light of the total volume of withdrawn serum from wound cavity, the extent of early postoperative analgesic requirements and quality of life.