Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

This is an exploratory research study with the aim of identifying specific cancer biomarkers in various subtypes of breast cancer. Blood samples will be collected from 60 participants divided into 40 patients and 20 healthy donors.

Currently most breast cancer patients with confirmed axillary lymph node metastasis (cN1) at diagnosis are candidates for neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). The increased utilization of NAC can be attributed to practical clinical advantages. The increasing use of NAC has, however, introduced questions regarding appropriate loco-regional management, including the optimal surgical approach to the axillary lymph nodes. According to current guidelines, patients presenting with cN1 disease and treated with NAC, still undergo axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). In forty percent of these patients, however, the investigators see a nodal complete pathological response (ypN0). In certain subgroups, triple negative breast cancer and Her2 amplified breast cancer, this percentage is even higher. The investigators would like to lessen surgical morbidity by performing a targeted axillary dissection. The investigators place a clip in the biopsy-proven lymph node metastasis at diagnosis. After NAC, the investigators perform a dual agent sentinel node procedure and remove the clipped node during the same surgery. When these lymph nodes are microscopically tumor-free, the investigators can abolish an ALND. Targeted axillary dissection after NAC for cN1 disease seems to have acceptable false negative rates in previous trials. The investigators would like to further define patients where an ALND can be safely omitted.

This study assesses the health literacy and understanding of radiation therapy information during consultation in patients with prostate or breast cancer undergoing definitive radiation therapy. Health literacy is defined as "the capacity to obtain, process, and understand health information and services to enable sound health decisions." Information gained from this study, may help researchers develop appropriate modalities to enhance comprehension of radiation therapy, and therefore allow for improved patient decision making with medical treatment.

The ReMig-study aims to increase knowledge about rehabilitation needs, the rehabilitation process of arabic-speaking migrated women with BC, to increase the prerequisites for optimized and equal cancer care. The study aims to map migrated Arabic-speaking women's breast cancer rehabilitation with a focus on mental and physical recovery, lifestyle habits as well as satisfaction and goals with the rehabilitation and compare these outcomes with the outcomes of Swedish-speaking women. Further aim is to explore migrated Arabic-speaking women´s experiences and attitudes towards breast cancer rehabilitation.

This is multicentric, spontaneous, observational, retrospective and prospective study.

This early phase I trial studies how well 3D ultrasound microvessel imaging works for the diagnosis of breast mass. The 3D ultrasound microvessel imaging technology demonstrates significantly increased vessel detection sensitivity over conventional doppler methods without the need of using contrast agents. This study may improve cancer diagnosis and reduce unnecessary biopsy on benign tumors.

The purpose of the Breast Cancer Index (BCI) Registry study is to conduct a large scale, population-based prospective registry to evaluate long-term clinical outcome, clinical impact, medication adherence and quality of life in hormone receptor positive (HR+) early-stage breast cancer patients receiving BCI testing as part of routine clinical care to inform extended endocrine therapy.

The purpose of this study to gather information about changes in the bones after stopping treatment with aromatase inhibitor/AI and denosumab. The study team will collect information from 5 standard clinic visits over the course of 24 months. The information will include information about participant health assessments, blood test results, and imaging results. After 24 months, participation in this study will be complete.

The purpose of this study is to describe the demographic and clinical profiles of patients with early-stage HER2+ breast cancer treated with neratinib as an extended adjuvant therapy as part of the Early Access Program (EAP) in Europe.

Recent advances in technologies, such as microarray and high-throughput sequencing, represented a deeper understanding of molecular biology, especially noncoding RNA (ncRNA). It was found that there are only <2 % of the total genome sequence as protein-coding genes while at least 98 % of the genome are transcribed into ncRNA. In the past, non-protein-coding RNAs were known as "transcription noise," but now it is obvious that ncRNAs play a crucial regulatory role in cell differentiation and organism growth and metabolism.