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Comparison of Two Types of Biopsy in Patients With Breast Lesions

NCT00006031 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2012-09-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Biopsy is the removal of cells or tissue for examination under a microscope. It is not yet known which type of breast biopsy is more effective for diagnosing breast lesions.

PURPOSE: Randomized diagnostic trial to compare the effectiveness of two different types of biopsy in patients who have breast lesions that cannot be felt upon examination.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Needle localized breast biopsy with specimen x-ray

PROCEDURE

Low dose radioactive seed followed by surgery and mammogram

either iodine I 125 or palladium Pd 103

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles E. Cox, MD, FACS · H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-11-30
Primary Completion
2001-07-31
Completion
2006-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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