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Radiation Therapy and Thymus Function in Young Women With Breast Cancer

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Sponsor: Duke University

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Interventions: Blood draw for the laboratory assessment

Countries: United States

Breast cancer treatment sometimes includes radiation to the breast or chest wall. There is a small gland, called the thymus, located in the upper chest that may receive a small amount of the radiation aimed at the breast. The goal of this study is to collect blood samples from young women with breast cancer to study the effect of radiation therapy on the thymus gland.

Eligibility overview

Sex: FEMALE

Age: 18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: OBSERVATIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Women aged 18 to 50 undergoing mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer of any subtype at DUMC and associated satellite centers
* Histologic documentation of breast cancer based on pathology
* Systemic therapies including hormone therapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy as given for breast cancer treatment at the discretion of the treating medical oncologist are allowed and use of such therapies will be documented and included as a covariate
* Willing and able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Prior history of therapeutic high-dose irradiation of the thorax (e.g. for treatment of lung cancer, head/neck cancer, Hodgkin disease, etc., not just radiological imaging alone)
* History of thymectomy or treatment with immunosuppressive drugs within the past six months
* Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune conditions
* Individuals with Down's syndrome
* Male patients

Locations (1)

Durham, North Carolina, United States