New scan could tell doctors if breast cancer drugs will work before surgery

NCT ID NCT02827877

Summary

This study is testing a special PET scan to see if it can predict how well a patient's HER2-positive breast cancer will respond to two targeted drugs (trastuzumab and pertuzumab) given before surgery. Researchers will give 18 patients with locally advanced breast cancer a scan using a radioactive tracer that attaches to HER2 cancer cells. They will then see if the scan results match how well the cancer actually responds to the drug treatment and is removed during surgery.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • City of Hope Medical Center

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

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