EMIT1: Establishment of Molecular profiling for Individual Treatment decisions in Early Breast Cancer. PI: Bjørn Naume.
Inclusion criteria
- Written informed consent (informed consent document approved by the Independent Ethics Committee [IEC]) obtained prior to any study-specific procedure
- Female or male age ≥ 18 years
- Able to comply with the protocol
- Primary surgery completed or if re-resection needed, a change from pT1 to pT2 categorization is not expected
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast ≤ 5.0 cm in size (pT1-2) without metastasis to regional lymph nodes (pN0) or ≤ 20 mm in size (pT1) with lymph node micrometastases only (pN1mi)
- Primary tumor concluded as hormone receptor positive (ER ≥ 1%), HER2 negative
Exclusion criteria
- Metastasis to regional lymph nodes or distant sites/organs
- Previous treatment for localized breast cancer. Previous treatment for DCIS is allowed
- HER2 positive
- ER and PgR negative tumor (< 1% expression)
- Other concomitant or earlier carcinoma less than five years prior to the breast cancer diagnosis, except for basal cell carcinoma and in situ cervix cancer
- Use of or participation in intervention trials testing treatment with any investigational anti-cancer drug. Participation in other types of intervention trials is allowed (such participation needs to be registered)
- Evidence of any other disease or condition that by the investigator is considered to impede follow-up of the patients