Clinical Trial

Radiation Therapy and Thymus Function in Young Women With Breast Cancer

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Summary
Breast cancer treatment sometimes includes radiation to the breast or chest wall. There is a small gland, called the thymus, located in the upper chest that may receive a small amount of the radiation aimed at the breast. The goal of this study is to collect blood samples from young women with breast cancer to study the effect of radiation therapy on the thymus gland.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07725172
Lead Sponsor Duke University
Conditions Breast Cancer
Enrollment 125 participants
Start Date 2026-09
Primary Completion 2029-09 (estimated)
Study Completion 2029-09 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-07-24