Health Condition 1: null- Carcinoma breast
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Carcinoma breast amenable to breast conservation surgery a. Patients of primary carcinoma breast with palpable T1/T2 lesion b. Breast cancer down staged by neoadjuvant chemotherapy so as to be amenable to BCS 2. Patients willing for breast conservation. 3. Patients consenting for the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients not desirous of breast conservation. 2. Patients with T3/N1 or more advanced disease in spite of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (poor response). 3. Patients not consenting to participate in the study. 4. Patients in whom BCS is contraindicated like multicentric tumor, previous radiotherapy, pregnancy, poor tumor to breast ratio 5. Patients with severe co morbidities precluding fitness for General Anesthesia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To assess margin positivity rates in patients undergoing breast conservation surgery by conventional intra-operative palpation of tumor method and its comparison with intra-operative ultrasound guidance method. 2. To assess cosmesis in patients undergoing breast conservation surgery by conventional palpation of tumor method and its comparison with intra-operative ultrasound guidance method. 3. To look at reduction, if any, in rates of revision surgeries Timepoint: Assessment of margins on arrival of Histopathology report of operative specimen. Assessment of cosmesis at 7 days post operative period and at 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.To assess cosmesis in patients undergoing breast conservation surgery by conventional palpation of tumor method and its comparison with intra-operative ultrasound guidance method. 2. To look at reduction, if any, in rates of revision surgeriesTimepoint: Assessment of margins on arrival of Histopathology report of operative specimen. Assessment of cosmesis at 7 days post operative period and at 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
AIIMS, New Delhi