Status:

UNKNOWN

Biomarkers in Predicting Response to Tamoxifen and Letrozole in Postmenopausal Women With Primary Breast Cancer Treated on Clinical Trial CAN-NCIC-MA17

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue 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 al...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Assess the prognostic utility of the MGH 2-gene and the GHI 21-gene expression signatures in postmenopausal women with primary breast cancer treated with tamoxifen followed by either pl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed primary invasive breast carcinoma resected at time of original diagnosis
  • Treated on clinical trial CAN-NCIC-MA17
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Estrogen or progesterone receptor positive tumor
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Female
  • Postmenopausal
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Not specified

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    957 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00897065

    Start Date

    June 1 2006

    Last Update

    July 10 2013

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    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114