Health Condition 1: C50- Malignant neoplasm of breast
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1 Patients willing to participate in the study with written informed consent 2 Age 18 years to 70 years 3 Sex Females 4 Known to be suffering from Histopathologically proved Carcinoma of Breast 5 Undergone Surgery (breast conservation surgery or modified radical mastectomy) and chemotherapy 6 Eligible for Chest wall or Whole breast radiotherapy with Regional nodal irradiation including supraclavicular nodal region as part of adjuvant treatment 7 Normal haematological parameters a Haemoglobin more than 10gm/dl (patients can be transfused before treatment to achieve this level) b Total leucocyte count more than 4,000/cu.mm OR ANC more than 1500 c Platelet count more than 1,00,000/cu.mm 8 Normal biochemical blood parameters like LFT KFT AST or AL T less than 3 X Upper Limit of Normal 9 Normal thyroid function and anti TPO antibody negative a Serum TSH 0.5 to 4.7 mU/L or mU/mL b Serum free T4 10.3-35 pmol/L or 0.8 to 2.7 ng/dL 10 ECOG performance status 0 to 2 11 Patient willing to come for follow up
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Patient who previously diagnosed with clinical or subclinical hypothyroidism. 2 Metastatic disease or Bilateral breast malignancy 3 No history of autoimmune thyroiditis or neck surgery 4 Previous history of synchronous or metachronous malignancy 5 Pregnant or Lactating women 6 Patients unable to provide subjective information. 7 Patients with collagen vascular disease or any severe uncontrolled comorbid condition which may alter treatment outcome
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the incidence of hypothyroidism in breast cancer patients receiving Supraclavicular irradiation.Timepoint: Follow up visit at 4 weeks,8 weeks then 3 monthly from the completion of radiotherapy till the end of study | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NILTimepoint: NIL | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
IPGMER Kolkata