New study aims to unlock secrets of breast cancer return
NCT ID NCT07668362
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 100 women whose breast cancer has come back after a mastectomy. Researchers will track their health for at least three years to understand what factors affect survival and how different standard treatments work. No experimental drugs are given; the goal is to learn from real-world outcomes to improve future care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors better predict outcomes and choose the best treatments for women whose breast cancer returns after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a test of a new treatment. It only looks at existing data, so it cannot prove what causes better or worse outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2036
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This single-center prospective observational cohort enrolls female patients aged ≥18 years from the Department of Breast Surgery, Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital. Eligible participants previously received breast-conserving surgery or total mastectomy for pathologically confirmed invasive breast carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), with newly pathologically proven isolated local breast cancer recurrence and no distant metastasis. Subjects must have ECOG performance status 0 or 1 to tolerate salvage reoperation and anti-tumor therapy, and sign written informed consent voluntarily. Patients are excluded if they have concurrent distant metastasis at recurrence, severe cardiac, hepatic, renal or other vital organ dysfunction that prevents treatment, or fail to comply with long-term follow-up.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with a prior history of breast-conserving surgery or total mastectomy, with postoperative pathological diagnosis of invasive breast carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); 2. Pathologically confirmed isolated local recurrence of breast cancer after primary surgery, without evidence of distant metastasis; 3. Aged ≥ 18 years old; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1, and eligible to receive reoperation and subsequent anti-tumor therapy; 4. Voluntarily participate in this study and provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of concurrent distant metastasis at the time of breast cancer local recurrence; 2. Severe dysfunction or failure of vital organs (cardiac, hepatic, renal, etc.) that contraindicates reoperation or systemic anti-tumor treatment; 3. Inability to complete scheduled long-term follow-up as required by the study.
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