white/breast neoplasms

Oral mucositis is a common side effect from paclitaxel treatment. It can be very painful and compromise nutrition and oral hygiene, and it may increase the risk of infection. Although oral mucositis is a common side effect to chemotherapy, no available treatment is yet available that can effectively

OBJECTIVES: Primary - To show that a whole food extract of white button mushrooms (WBM) can inhibit aromatase-induced estrogen biosynthesis in postmenopausal women who are breast cancer survivors (BCS). - To determine the optimal daily dose of WBM needed to induce aromatase inhibition of estrogen

The intended goal of this Project is to develop epigenetic biomarkers to monitor the role of obesity and ethnicity on he development of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The proposed approach will seek to clarify for the first time if BMI is a biological factor that regulates aromatic

The investigators hypothesize that 5-ALA will selectively increase breast tumor-to-normal fluorescent contrast and therefore increase tumor margin delineation using the PRODIGI device compared to standard white light or autofluorescence visualization. The goal of this observational study is to use

Investigators will employ the Adherence Model of Behavior to identify clinical, psychosocial, and healthcare delivery predictors of longitudinal hormonal therapy adherence in women with (hormone receptor) HR positive breast cancer. This study is significant because: (1) most breast cancers in Blacks

OBJECTIVES: - Evaluate the ability of active immunotherapy with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) RNA pulsed dendritic cells to induce CEA specific T cells in patients with metastatic breast cancer in complete remission following peripheral blood stem cell transplant. - Determine the clinical efficacy

Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in women. Black women are less likely than white women to develop breast cancer but, they are more likely to die of the disease. Some of this survival discrepancy is likely due to underuse of adjuvant therapies proven to increase

BACKGROUND: Metastatic breast cancer remains to this day a mostly incurable disease, with less than 10% of patients reaching a long-term disease free survival. This study proposes using an immune-depleting chemotherapy as platform for immunotherapy. It is based on the following hypotheses and

TUMOR COLLECTION: Tumor cells will be collected from the participant to make the study vaccine. Based on the location of the tumor, a decision will be made as to the best approach to obtain these cells. DENDRITIC CELL COLLECTION: Participants will undergo a procedure known as leukapheresis to obtain

* Purpose of project (one or two sentences): The objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of a structured, moderate-intensity aerobic exercise program in reducing cancer-related fatigue in African Americans undergoing RT for localized breast cancer. 2. * Study design (for example,

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the toxic effect profile and maximum tolerated dose of interleukin-12 (rhIL-12) in women with advanced breast cancer who have undergone high dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue. II. Determine the effect of rhIL-12 on cellular and humoral immune systems following high

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the activity of interleukin-12 as defined by the percentage of patients who have not progressed after 6 months of therapy. II. Compare percentage of patients who have not progressed after six months with or without treatment regimen. III. Determine time to progression and

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the safety of infusing escalating doses of HER2 specific T cells into patients with advanced HER2+ breast cancer using ex vivo expanded autologous T cells. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To investigate to what extent HER2 specific T cell immunity can be boosted or