Comparison of AT & PR Training to Improve Functional Ability After Breast Cancer Surgery
Breast CancerTo determine the effect of aerobic training and progressive resistance training to improve upper limb functional ability after breast cancer surgery
Breast Cancer Patient Engagement With Patient Reported Outcome Measure Survey
Breast CancerThe purpose of this research protocol is to measure Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in breast cancer patients. PROM results will be provided to patients and providers and the investigators will evaluate the relationship between patient engagement with PROM results and patient and clinicopathologic variables, utilization of supportive and hospital services, and patient satisfaction with patient-provider communication.
Promoting Genetic Counseling Among African American Women With a Family History of Breast Cancer...
High Risk for Breast CancerIn the United States, carriers of hereditary genetic mutations have up to an 85% risk of developing breast cancer compared to 12% in the general population. Overall uptake of genetic services is generally low, particularly among high-risk African American (AA) women, who carry a disproportionate burden of breast cancer mortality. Further, although testing close relatives of individuals who test positive for a pathogenic variant might curtail breast cancer disparities attributable to hereditary risk, it is unclear how counseled or tested individuals influence their social and familial networks. Using a randomized control trial design, the objective of this research project is to test the effectiveness of a culturally targeted video, previously developed by our research team, on promoting genetic counseling attendance among AA women determined to be at high risk for breast cancer through cancer genetic risk assessment in a clinical setting. This study will also test how psychosocial factors (knowledge, intrinsic motivation, risk perception, and distress) impact the relationships between intervention exposures (video versus brochure) and compare the impact of intervention exposures on diffusion of knowledge about genetic counseling through social network analysis.
Diet Modification in pAtients With Luminal Early Breast Cancer Candidate for Primary Surgery
Breast CancerSurgeryto analyze the feasibility for patients with early luminal breast cancer to be compliant with a diet modification - ketogenic or proteins restricted diet - during 9 +/- 1 days, before breast cancer surgery. It's a Pilot study, monocentric, randomized
REJOIN Trial for Older Breast Cancer Survivors
Breast Cancer FemaleThe purpose of this pilot intervention study is to test the effectiveness of a self-management approach (combining education- and exercise-based strategies) for improving arthralgia (joint pain) associated with Aromatase Inhibitors (AI) in older breast cancer survivors. Survivors will be recruited from local cancer clinics prior to the completion of primary cancer treatment, as arthralgia can occur soon after initiating AI medication. Participants will be randomized to one of two groups: an enhanced standard care group (AI prescription plus information) or a treatment group (educational classes plus group exercise sessions). Older survivors (≥60 years) will be targeted because they are at increased risk of medication complications which may impede adherence. For the baseline assessment, a cancer-specific geriatric assessment will be conducted and a blood sample will be collected to interpret the effects of the self-management study in the context of geriatric experiences. Additionally, there will be an assessment of knowledge, PA habits, and AI-related joint pain and AI adherence. These will be measured again at 4, 6 and at follow up at 12 months.
Comparative Study of Scalp Cooling System and Chemical Cold Cap (COHAIR Study)
Primary Breast CancerThis is a phase III, single-center, prospective, open-label, randomized,controlled study
Breast Elasticity Imaging During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Breast CancerFor this study, the investigators propose investigation of a new imaging technique, Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI), and the evaluation of its potential role in prediction of breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). The investigators hypothesize that changes in HMI parameters will predict response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy in early-stage breast cancer.
Exercise, Cancer and Cognition: The ECCO-Study
Breast CancerThe "ECCO"-study evaluates the efficacy of simultaneous controlled exercise during neo/-adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients and its effects on neurocognition. In this study the investigators examine the benefits of the individualized high intensity training program on a cancer related cognitive impairment. Changes in patients' cognition are evaluated by neuropsychological testing. Possible structural changes are detected with MRI volumetry. Biomarkers connected to Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment (CRCI) and chemotherapy related inflammatory processes which impair cognition, respectively, will be assessed.
A Video Intervention to Improve Patient Understanding of Tumor Genomic Testing in Patients With...
Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8Metastatic Breast Carcinoma6 moreThis clinical trial tests whether a video intervention improves patient understanding of tumor genomic testing in patients with cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Measuring how the video intervention affects patient understanding of tumor genomic testing in patients with metastatic cancer may help doctors provide patient-centered care by effectively communicating the importance of tumor genomic testing.
Medical Imaging and Thermal Treatment for Breast Tumors Using Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI)
FibroadenomaBreast Cancer Stage IThe objective of this study is to demonstrate the initial clinical feasibility of using Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI) for Focused Ultrasound Surgery (FUS) guidance and monitoring in patients with benign and stage 1 non-metastatic breast cancers. The investigators hypothesize that changes in HMI parameters will inform progression of FUS ablation.