Diagnostic Procedures in Women With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Who Are Receiving Chemotherapy Before Breast Cancer Surgery

NCT00033397 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2017-07-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Comparing results of diagnostic procedures performed before, during, and after chemotherapy may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the most effective treatment.

PURPOSE: Diagnostic trial to study magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and biomarkers in women who are receiving chemotherapy before surgery for locally advanced breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

biopsy

PROCEDURE

magnetic resonance imaging

PROCEDURE

radiomammography

PROCEDURE

ultrasound imaging

RADIATION

gadopentetate dimeglumine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA · University of California, San Francisco

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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