The purpose of this study is to see whether providing radiation on a shortened (compressed) schedule of 5 days in a row is a safe and effective approach to prevent cancer from coming back in people who have had a mastectomy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
71
A total dose of 26 Gy in 5 fractions will be given once daily over 5 consecutive weekdays (or within 10 consecutive weekday to allow for treatment delays, interruptions, logistical problems, scheduling issues and weekends/holidays).
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, United States
Local recurrences
Local recurrence is defined as histologic evidence of ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive breast cancer in the ipsilateral reconstructed breast or chest wall.
Time frame: 3 years
Regional recurrences
Regional recurrence is defined as the cytologic, histologic and/or radiographic evidence of disease in the ipsilateral internal mammary, ipsilateral supraclavicular, ipsilateral infraclavicular and/or ipsilateral axillary nodes or soft tissue of the ipsilateral axilla.
Time frame: 3 years
complications
CTCAE toxicities: will evaluate the incidence of any reported acute and late radiotherapy complications using the CTCAE 5.0 grading system when possible.
Time frame: 3 years
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