Magnetic marker localisation for non-palpable breast cancer.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Breast cancer1002765610006295
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON48788
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
I. Female patients aged 18 years or older;
II. Patients have biopsy-confirmed, unifocal, non-palpable breast cancer;
III. Patients are eligible for breast-conserving surgery;
IV. Patients did not undergo any neo-adjuvant treatment;
Exclusion Criteria
Patients do not have a pacemaker.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Data regarding the retrieval rate of the magnetic marker will be collected<br /><br>peri-operatively, using the magnetic probe to confirm the marker present in the<br /><br>excised tissue and to confirm the marker absent in the patients.<br /><br>Postoperatively, a pathologist will confirm the presence of the marker in the<br /><br>excised tissue. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Data regarding the resection margins will be collected from the pathology<br /><br>report.<br /><br><br /><br>Data with respect to radiologist and surgeon satisfaction will be measured<br /><br>through the questionnaires presented in appendix 2.<br /><br><br /><br>During the intake session, before the radiological intervention, patient<br /><br>demographics and relevant medical data will be registered, regarding the age of<br /><br>the patient, the location of the tumour (left or right breast, quadrant of the<br /><br>breast), histological aspects of the tumour (type, grade, size) and time<br /><br>between marker placement and surgery. </p><br>