Skipping armpit surgery after good chemo response
Part of Cancer, Skin clinical trials.
This trial tests whether it's safe to skip armpit surgery in people whose breast cancer has responded well to chemotherapy and whose lymph nodes appear cancer-free on ultrasound. It aims to reduce side effects like arm swelling while still controlling the cancer.
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Who can take part
- You are a woman age 19 or older.
- You have been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and have already received chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy).
- If you had lymph node involvement before chemo, you must have HER2-positive or triple-negative breast cancer, and your tumor must have shrunk by at least 30% on MRI after chemo.
- An ultrasound after chemo shows no cancer in your armpit lymph nodes.
- You plan to have a lumpectomy (breast-conserving surgery) and have completed at least half of your chemo regimen.
- You are generally able to do daily activities (ECOG 0-2) and have not had another cancer in the last 5 years.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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