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A study looking at why some breast cancers come back after treatment and spread to another part of the body

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Other

Details

This study is looking to understand more about why some breast cancers spread beyond the breast and others don’t. Despite the many options there now are for treating breast cancer, these treatments don’t always work for everyone, and the cancer can spread to another part of the body.

Recruitment start: 25 October 2011

Recruitment end: 31 October 2016

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 Andrew Tutt

Supported by

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

King's College London

The National Health Service Research and Development Executive

Last reviewed: 5 July 2017

CRUK internal database number: 9591

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