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A study looking at a way of finding very small breast cancers and sentinel lymph nodes (MagSNOLL)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study looked at using a magnetic substance to show up very small tumours in the breast and sentinel lymph nodes.

The sentinel lymph nodes are the first that a cancer may spread to. For people with breast cancer, the sentinel nodes are in the armpit.

This study was open for people to join between 2013 and 2014. The team published the results in 2015.

Recruitment start: 19 August 2013

Recruitment end: 8 June 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Michael Douek

Supported by

Endomagnetics Ltd

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

King's College London

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 20 Sept 2023

CRUK internal database number: 11238

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