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Lead
University of Southern California
With
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate whether light-scattering spectroscopy can reliably distinguish between two subject groups: those with clinical stage II or stage III breast cancer and those without breast cancer.
OUTLINE: Patients undergo light-scattering spectroscopy of the breast in addition to standard of care as it relates to screening for breast cancer or treatment of breast cancer.
Age
18–any
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Participants who are breast cancer free (mammogram "negative" within 1 month of testing) with the absence of clinical suspicion of breast cancer on physical exam or with clinical stage II or stage III breast cancer. PLEASE NOTE: Recruitment for this study is only limited to patients who are scheduled for a mammogram at USC. There is no compensation to participants.
Provision of informed consent prior to any study-related procedures
You may not be if
Females with tattoos on either or both breasts
Females with nipple piercings on either or both breasts
Females with skin piercings (aka microdermal anchor surface or microdermal piercings) in either or both breasts
