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Brief Title: Brain Monitoring for High Risk of Brain Metastases in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Official Title: Brain Monitoring for High Risk of Brain Metastases in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Study ID: NCT03617341
Brief Summary: In general, brain metastases found after development of neurologic symptoms have poor prognosis. Therefore, the investigators aim to investigate whether regular brain MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) can detect early brain metastases and influence survival through early brain management in HER2-positive and triple negative breast cancer.
Detailed Description: It is well known that HER2-receptor positive and triple negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC) have poor prognosis than hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer. However, as new therapies such as trastuzumab and pertuzumab are introduced, overall survival was extended in patients with metastatic breast cancer compared with the previous 10 years. As a result, the number of breast cancer patients with brain metastases has increased, the demand for treatments of brain metastases is increasing. The incidence of brain metastases in MBC has been reported to be 7.6% and 10.8% in luminal A / B, respectively. However, HER2-positive and triple negative breast cancer with the incidence of more than 30% of brain metastases were at high risk group of brain metastases. In general, brain metastases found after development of neurologic symptoms have poor prognosis. Therefore, the investigators aim to investigate whether regular brain MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) can detect early brain metastases and influence survival through early brain management in HER2-positive and triple negative breast cancer.
Minimum Age: 19 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Yonsei Cancer Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, , Korea, Republic of