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Intra-operative PET-CT: a Novel Approach to Determine Excision Margins in Lumpectomy Breast Cancer.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Breast Cancer Female
Breast Neoplasms
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: PET CT
Registration Number
NCT04343079
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Ghent
Brief Summary

Examination of the feasibility of intra-operative pet CT to detect surgical margins in breast conservative surgery to prevent re-excision.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • • female and 18 years of age or older

    • diagnosed with an early-stage (T1 or T2, and N0 or N1; according to the TNM-classification) invasive breast cancer
    • eligible for breast conserving surgery
Exclusion Criteria
  • • Pregnancy or lactation

    • Diabetes
    • Multifocal tumor disease
    • Diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer
    • Appointment at the nuclear medicine department for 18F-FDG administration would result in a unacceptable delay of surgery
    • Subject has had exposure to ionizing radiation of more than 1 mSv in other research studies within the last 12 months
    • Subject has recently (<60 days) or is simultaneously participating in another clinical trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
braeast cancerPET CTbreast cancer patients
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
investigate the ability of (micro)PET/CT to evaluate the excision margins and determine negativity of these margins, as compared to the gold standard of sectional histopathological evaluation.2 year

study the feasibility of PET/CT

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Ghent

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Ghent, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium

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