Randomized phase III study of conventional whole breast irradiation (WBI) versus partial breast irradiation (PBI) for women with stage 0, I, or II breast cancer

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1. ClinicalTrials.gov url

   http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00103181?term=NCT00103181&rank=1

2. Intervention

   3-dimensional conformal accelerated partial breast irradiation

3. Intervention

   Intracavitary balloon brachytherapy

4. Intervention

   Whole breast irradiation

5. Resource Description

   Purpose: It is not yet known whether whole breast radiation therapy is more effective than partial breast radiation therapy in treating breast cancer. This randomized phase III trial is studying whole breast radiation therapy to see how well it works compared to partial breast radiation therapy in treating women who have undergone surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ or stage I or stage II breast cancer.

6. Contact

   Berenberg, Jeffrey

7. PI

   Berenberg, Jeffrey

8. Topic

   breast cancer

9. Study Population

   Females 18 years old and older who have undergone surgery to remove the tumor, with any estrogen receptor or progesterone receptor status, no Paget's disease of the nipple, no previous biological therapy, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy for this cancer, and no previous radiation therapy to the breast or chest.

10. Website(s)

    http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search/view?cdrid=409590&version=healthprofessional

11. Funded by

    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project

12. Phase

    Phase 3 clinical trial

13. Performed by

    Clinical Protocol & Data Management Shared Resource