Immunotherapy plus chemo before surgery: a new hope for breast cancer?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female patients aged between 18 and 70 years old. 2. Pathologically confirmed as invasive breast cancer, with immunohistochemical staining indicating HER2 negativity, as specifically referenced in the guidelines of the American Society of Clinical 3. Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP). 4. Clinical stage II-III, patients who are planned to undergo neoadjuvant treatment to downstage for surgery or who wish to have breast-conserving surgery after neoadjuvant treatment. 5. The breast tumor is suitable for SBRT (stereotactic body radiotherapy) (tumor distance from the skin \> 5 mm, without invasion of the ribs or intercostal muscles). 6. No distant metastasis detected by clinical examination combined with imaging studies (including but not limited to liver ultrasound, chest CT, bone scan, PET-CT). 7. Adequate organ function (hemoglobin ≥ 100 g/L, white blood cells ≥ 3×10⁹/L, neutrophils ≥ 1.5×10⁹/L, platelets ≥ 80×10⁹/L; creatinine ≤ 132 μmol/L; alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase ≤ 2.5×upper normal limit \[UNL\]). 8. Capable of undergoing breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Eligible for follow-up conditions. 9. The subject is able to sign the informed consent form to participate in the study. 10. Women of childbearing age are not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and are using effective contraception. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior receipt of chest radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy. 2. History of other malignancies, with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or papillary thyroid cancer. 3. Patients with active fibroconnective tissue diseases, risk of active autoimmune diseases, or a history of autoimmune diseases that may involve the central nervous system, including but not limited to Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis, Wegener's syndrome, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic sclerosis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, autoimmune vasculitis, and autoimmune neuropathies (e.g., Guillain-Barré syndrome). The following exceptions apply: Type I diabetes mellitus, stable hypothyroidism on hormone replacement therapy (including hypothyroidism due to autoimmune thyroid disease), psoriasis or vitiligo not requiring systemic therapy, and autoimmune diseases caused by B cells or anti-self-antigen antibodies. 4. Pulmonary disease defined as ≥ Grade 3 according to the NCI-CTCAE v5.0; history of interstitial lung disease (ILD) requiring corticosteroid treatment (including pulmonary fibrosis or radiation pneumonitis), or current ILD or ≥ Grade 2 radiation pneumonitis. 5. Severe comorbidities or active diseases: a) History of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, including but not limited to: i. Severe cardiac rhythm or conduction abnormalities, such as ventricular arrhythmias requiring clinical intervention, or third-degree atrioventricular block; ii. QT interval prolongation at rest (QTc \> 450 msec in males or \> 470 msec in females); iii. Acute coronary syndrome, congestive heart failure, aortic dissection, stroke, or other Grade 3 or higher cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events within 6 months prior to the first dose; iv. Presence of heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class ≥ II. b) Poorly controlled diabetes for \> 1 month: fasting blood glucose \> 10 mmol/L, or postprandial 2-hour blood glucose \> 13 mmol/L. c) Poorly controlled psychiatric disorders with an episode or exacerbation within the past 6 months. d) Active infection. e) Positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies. Other diseases that are not suitable for immunotherapy, or a history of other malignancies. 6. Presence of severe internal medical conditions that may affect radiotherapy or immunotherapy. 7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women. 8. History of allergy to components of radiotherapy or immunotherapy.