Thoracoscopic Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Stage I or Stage II Breast Cancer

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as thoracoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy, may help find breast cancer that has spread to lymph nodes between the breasts. It may also help doctors plan the best treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well thoracoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy finds sentinel lymph nodes that are located between the breasts in patients with stage I or stage II breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00450723

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

39

Starts

2004-05-01

Expected to finish

2011-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami — Miami, Florida, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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