Magnetic Resonance (MR) Spectroscopy of Breast Cancer Tissue

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Breast Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00184210

154080/I30

Details and patient eligibility

About

Breast cancer tissue is collected from women undergoing scheduled surgery for breast cancer. The tissue specimen are analyzed by MR spectroscopy. After MR, the intact tissue specimen can be analyzed by other methods, such as histopathology.

The MR spectral profiles are compared to clinical findings such as the patients diagnosis, lymph node status and tumor size.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Palpable breast cancer lesion