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Heat therapy (Hyperthermia) and Olaparib in Treating Breast Cancer Patients with Chest Wall Recurrences

Trial Status: administratively complete

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of olaparib when given with hyperthermia in treating patients with breast cancer that has come back in the chest wall (chest wall recurrences). PARPs are proteins that help repair DNA mutations. PARP inhibitors, such as olaparib, can keep PARP from working, so tumor cells can't repair themselves, and they may stop growing. Hyperthermia is a a type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of certain anticancer drugs. Giving olaparib and hyperthermia treatment may work better in treating patients with breast cancer that has come back in the chest wall compared to standard of care.