Partial Breast Radiation Therapy in Treating Women Undergoing Breast Conservation Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Long-term Effects Secondary to Cancer Therapy in Adults, Skin Reactions Secondary to Radiation Therapy

In brief

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the side effects of partial breast radiation therapy and how well it works in treating women undergoing breast conservation therapy for early-stage breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00599989

Run by

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

People needed

28

Starts

2005-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-05-11

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-09

Who can join

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

Where it is running

• Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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