Personalized Second Chance Breast Conservation (PSCBC): A Two Center Prospective Phase II Clinical Study
The goal of the study is to investigate the feasibility of enabling a second chance for breast conservation in patients with in-breast recurrences after a previous lumpectomy and RT, investigators propose to test partial breast irradiation with the target volume encompassing the entire surgical bed with 1.0-1.5 cm margins. An additional goal of the study is to investigate the feasibility of enabling a second chance for breast conservation in patients with inbreast recurrences after a previous lumpectomy and PBI, the investigators propose to test whole breast RT (WBRT) with the target as the whole breast volume.
• Isolated ipsilateral unifocal breast lesions
• Limited size (\< 2-3 cm) without evidence of skin involvement
• Histologically proven invasive breast carcinoma or carcinoma in situ
• Negative histologic margins of resection
• Patients with 0 to 3 positive axillary lymph nodes without extracapsular extension
• No synchronous distant metastases
• Age ≥ 18 years
• ≥ 12 months interval between initial breast conserving therapy (surgery and whole breast radiotherapy) and recurrence
• Previous WBI or IORT, brachytherapy or external beam partial breast treatment
• Technical feasibility
• Every kind of systemic therapy is allowed
• Informed consent for clinical and research purposes signed