Clinical Research Trials

Key Trial Criteria

• Key Inclusion Criteria

  For a patient to be eligible for participation in this study, all of the following criteria must apply.

  • Histologic confirmation of breast malignancy with TNM staging.
  • Patients must have undergone a mastectomy with or without reconstruction within the past 120 days if not receiving adjuvant therapy, or within 60 days after completion of the last dose of chemotherapy.
  • No prior radiotherapy to any portion of the planned treatment site.
  • No documented history of adhesive or tape allergy.
  • Patients must be scheduled to receive conventionally fractionated photon-based radiation. Patients planning brachytherapy within the treatment field, and patients scheduled to receive bilateral radiation or hypofractionated radiation are not eligible.
  • No active rash or pre-existing dermatitis within the treatment field.
  • No co-existing medical conditions resulting in life expectancy < 2 years.
  • No active collagen vascular diseases (i.e. lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, dermatomyositis).
  • No concomitant cytotoxic chemotherapy. Endocrine therapy and HER2 directed therapies are allowed.
  • No current inflammatory breast cancer, or gross dermal involvement at initiation of radiotherapy.
  • No previous history of organ or bone marrow transplant.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1.
  • In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measures, participants must be able to speak and read English.