Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

This research study is evaluating the use of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) as a method of detecting early signs of damage to the heart that can be associated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer.

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of a vaccine therapy in preventing cancer from coming back in patients with non-metastatic, node positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)2 negative breast cancer in which all signs and symptoms have disappeared. Vaccines made from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Giving multiple vaccinations may make a stronger immune response and prevent or delay the return of cancer.

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the safety and recommended dose level (RDL) of BLEX 404 Oral Liquid combined with Docetaxel monotherapy in a 21-day schedule. The secondary purpose is to assess the efficacy and safety of BLEX 404 Oral Liquid combined with Docetaxel monotherapy.

In this study, positron emission tomography (PET/CT) imaging will be used to evaluate estrogen receptor (ER) activity in sites of metastatic disease using the investigational radiotracer [18F]fluoroestradiol (FES).

Success of cancer immunotherapy is limited by the ability of solid tumors to evade local and systemic antitumoral immune responses. Several mechanisms of tumor immune evasion have been identified, including low intratumor expression of antigens and elevated expression of inhibitory co-regulatory molecules. An effective immunotherapy is one which would induce necrotic cell death and accompanying proinflammatory cytokine induction. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) or Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) or brachytherapy, which is capable of delivering high, conformal radiation doses (>8 Gy) of tumor ablative radiation may be an effective means of conditioning a tumor bed to a state favorable to the initiation of robust antitumoral immune responses.

The purpose of this study is to assess efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (goserelin) on the preservation of ovarian reserve function in young breast cancer patients treated with (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy by serial measuring ovarian reserve markers (AMH and AFC.etc) before and after chemotherapy and long-term pregnancy outcomes. Meanwhile, to evaluate the safety of this protective approach in young breast cancer patients by disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) outcomes.

The propose of this trial is to assess the effect of low dose tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention in HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)users.

RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. It may also help doctors predict how patients will respond to treatment. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at tissue and blood samples from women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer

This study collects information on the side effects of proton therapy and detailed information on the proton therapy treatment plan itself. This may help researchers develop methods to predict the risk of side effects for future patients and learn the long-term benefit of proton therapy.

The International Breast Cancer Intervention Study I (IBIS-I) was designed to investigate the use of tamoxifen in preventing breast cancer in women with a higher risk of developing the disease. Recruitment of women to IBIS-I ended in March 2001 and it recruited 7154 women from 36 centres in 9 countries. The results of the study showed that tamoxifen reduced the incidence of breast cancer by one third in these high risk women but with some serious side effects. IBIS-II was designed to continue the work started in IBIS-I by examining the role of anastrozole in the prevention of breast cancer which we hope will reduce breast cancer by even more than tamoxifen with less serious side effects.