Status:
UNKNOWN
Pre-operative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Young Breast Cancer Patients
Lead Sponsor:
McMaster University
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Up to 50 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Young women with breast cancer have an increased breast tissue density and conventional imaging tests such as mammography and breast ultrasound are less sensitive and specific for detecting breast can...
Detailed Description
Inclusion Criteria: * female aged ≤ 50 * histologically proven invasive breast cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Is not considered a surgical candidate * Has had prior breast cancer surgery or an excisi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female aged \<= 50 years
- Histological proof of invasive breast cancer via fine needle aspiration or core needle biopsy
- Premenopausal
Exclusion
- Patient not considered an appropriate surgical candidate; i.e., patient is not well enough to have breast cancer surgery
- Patient has had prior breast cancer surgery or an excisional biopsy of the newly diagnosed cancer
- Patient has a contraindication to undergoing breast MRI (i.e., pacemaker, neurodefibrillator, metallic foreign bodies, etc.)
- Patient has inflammatory breast cancer according to the standard clinical definition. This is a type of breast cancer in which there is evidence of erythema and/or edema. The skin of the breast may also have changes of peau d'orange.
- Patient has locally advanced breast cancer according to the standard clinical definition.
- Patient is pregnant
- Patient has a psychiatric or addictive disorder that would preclude them from obtaining informed consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
44 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00801476
Start Date
April 1 2008
End Date
May 1 2010
Last Update
November 18 2009
Active Locations (2)
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1
St. Josephs' Healthcare
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 4A6
2
Juravinski Cancer Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 5C2