This study involves a course of radiation to the tumor that is delivered BEFORE surgery. The type of radiation is called stereotactic ablative body radiation therapy (SABR). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects, good and/or bad, of pre-operative SABR specifically focusing on its ability to reduce the chances that additional breast surgery will be needed, reducing the amount of breast/heart/lung tissue that is irradiated, and to study the tumor-tissue effects of SABR. The usual treatment for patients with early-stage breast cancer who have breast-conserving treatment (BCT) is to receive radiotherapy AFTER surgery, targeting either the whole breast or part of the breast.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
SABR will be delivered over 3 days, prior to surgery.
Breast-conserving surgery will be scheduled for 6-8 weeks after SABR and will be conducted by a Moffitt breast surgeon.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, United States
Rate of Pathologic Complete Response (pCR)
Rate of pathologic complete response following pre-operative SABR for early-stage breast carcinoma. pCR: The absence of residual invasive disease in the breast and in the axillary lymph nodes at the completion of the neoadjuvant treatment.
Time frame: 6 weeks post SABR
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