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A trial looking at radiotherapy to prevent breast cancer spreading to the brain in women treated with traztuzumab (HER PCI)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was trying to find out if radiotherapy to the brain can prevent breast cancer spreading to the brain (brain secondaries or metastases). It was for women who were due to have treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) for breast cancer that is locally advanced or had spread elsewhere in the body. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 2 March 2007

Recruitment end: 30 April 2010

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

Dr Peter Canney

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/07/002.

Last reviewed: 26 November 2015

CRUK internal database number: 704

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