Mastectomy Clinical Trials

The purpose of this clinical trial is to study patients with positive nodes before chemotherapy who become negative after chemotherapy to see1) if, after lumpectomy (surgery to remove cancer), radiation to the breast and lymph nodes will be better than radiation only to the breast at keeping cancer from returning, ...

The purpose of the registry is to collect health information from individuals medical records in order to answer questions about breast cancer and its treatment.

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Nipple Sparing Mastectomy (NSM) has been increasingly utilized over the last ten years for risk-reducing surgery and surgical treatment for breast cancer. The oncologic safety has been well established in multiple studies in appropriately selected individuals. Additionally, rates of wound complications and risk factors for wound problems are well documented. ...

This double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing patient-reported pain and pain medication/narcotic use between patients randomized to treatment (ropivacaine) or placebo (saline) delivered via paravertebral block to the mastectomy site. Candidates will have chosen to have a mastectomy on one side immediately followed with tissue expander placement breast reconstruction. Patients ...

Chronic pain after mastectomy, or breast tissue removal, is very common with almost half of women experiencing some type of residual pain and even 13% characterizing it as severe. Poor acute postoperative pain control is not only associated with development of chronic pain, but has also been shown to be ...

This study is a prospective observational study which phenotypes individuals' baseline pain, psychosocial and psychophysical characteristics, then measures perioperative and long-term changes to examine the relationship of psychophysical and psychosocial processing to persistent post-mastectomy pain development . Preoperative Psychophysical assessment: Pressure pain testing methods: After giving informed consent, the PI ...

Eligible breast cancer patients with mastectomy and axillary dissection are divided into two groups: conventional fractionated (CF) radiotherapy of 50 Gray (GY) in 25 fractions within 5 weeks to ipsilateral chest wall and supraclavicular nodal region, and hypofractionated (HF) radiotherapy of 43.5 Gray (GY) in 15 fractions within 3 weeks ...

to determine the safety, efficacy and tolerability of transdermal fentanyl in patients undergoing mastectomy, as well as the postoperative consumption of analgesic.

Lymphoceles, or seromas, are the most frequent complication following mastectomy and are associated or not with axillary dissection occurring in 10 to 90% of cases. It is defined as the presence of a palpable post operative serous accumulation that is bothersome for the patient and requires a puncture and drainage ...