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Early Detection of Breast Cancer Using Tomosynthesis Imaging

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Duke University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Treatments

Radiation: Mammography and tomosynthesis imaging

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00637598
6024 (Other Identifier)
6503 (Other Identifier)
Pro00013552

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose is to develop digital tomosynthesis to improve the detection of breast cancers. The aims are optimizing digital mammography and tomosynthesis acquisition, creating visualization tools, prospective pilot studies to evaluate radiologist performance, and computer-aided detection.

Full description

Finding breast cancer early has been shown to improve the chance of survival. Mammography (x-ray imaging of the breast) helps find breast cancer early. Some breast cancers, however, are not seen on mammography, which creates two-dimensional images for the radiologist to see. The goal of this study is to make a breast tomosynthesis or tomosynthesis 3D (three-dimensional) x-ray system by taking x-ray images from many angles. This is similar to a CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan for the breast and can give radiologists 3D information so that they can find breast cancers which might otherwise be hidden from view.

Enrollment

385 patients

Sex

Female

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All Subjects accepted for this clinical study must:

  • Be already scheduled to undergo screening mammography, diagnostic mammography, or breast biopsy for standard clinical indications
  • Provide written informed consent
  • Be able to communicate effectively with clinical study personnel.

Exclusion criteria

Subjects with any of the following conditions will be excluded from this clinical study:

  • Childbearing potential and subject refuses serum pregnancy test or test result is positive.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Device Feasibility

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

385 participants in 1 patient group

Tomosynthesis scans
Experimental group
Description:
This is a case-only study with only one group/cohort. All women receive both mammography and tomosynthesis imaging.
Treatment:
Radiation: Mammography and tomosynthesis imaging

Trial contacts and locations

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