Radiation boost before chemo may supercharge immune attack on breast cancer

NCT ID NCT04443348

Summary

This study is testing whether adding a targeted dose of radiation to the breast tumor before starting standard chemotherapy and an immunotherapy drug (pembrolizumab) makes the treatment more effective. It is for people with breast cancer that has spread to lymph nodes and is either triple-negative or hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative. The main goal is to see if this combination helps the body's own immune system better recognize and destroy cancer cells.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Mayo Clinic - Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Sibley Memorial Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20016, United States

  • University of North Carolina Medical Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

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