Reducing Underuse of Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treatment in Minority Communities

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if a physician-centered intervention will help women with early stage breast cancer receive appropriate treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00145197

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

1164

Starts

2004-01-01

Expected to finish

2007-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-12-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients, who are English or Spanish speaking, with a new primary stage 1 or 2 breast cancer who have undergone either breast conserving surgery or mastectomy and those with tumors > 1 cm or < 1 cm and poorly differentiated
• All surgeons performing breast surgery at the participating hospitals

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with dementia or those with a poor prognosis due to end-stage organ failure or other concomitant conditions such as those undergoing treatment for other cancers

Where it is running

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York, United States

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