Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Primary Tumor Gene Expression Profiling in Finding Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Women Who Have Received Neoadjuvant Therapy for Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IV Breast Cancer
Status: COMPLETED
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Interventions: GENETIC: microarray analysis|OTHER: immunohistochemistry staining method|PROCEDURE: conventional surgery|PROCEDURE: lymphangiography|PROCEDURE: radionuclide imaging|PROCEDURE: sentinel lymph node biopsy|RADIATION: technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)