Hypofractionated vs. Ultra-Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Stage II-IIIA Invasive Breast Carcinoma, SWIFT RT Trial

Inclusion Criteria

• Histologically confirmed invasive carcinoma of the breast. Metaplastic breast cancer is allowed.
• American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th edition stage: cT1-3 primary tumor. cN1-2 or pN1-2.
• Biopsy-proven involved axillary node(s) (either at baseline and/or at time of surgery).
• Undergone either partial mastectomy (with negative final histologic margins [defined as no tumor on ink, after initial surgery or re-excision]) or mastectomy (with negative histologic margins defined as tumor [either invasive or in situ disease] > 2 mm from the final margin).
• Nodal surgery with either sentinel lymph node biopsy or axillary lymph node dissection. Effort to recover the original biopsy-proven node should be performed at time of surgery.
• Systemic therapy (chemotherapy and/or endocrine therapy) should be administered as per standard of care and recommendation of medical oncology. Neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant systemic therapy is allowed. Concurrent endocrine therapy, anti-HER2 therapy, and immunotherapy during RT is allowed.
• All radiation therapy must be planned to be delivered at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) or a Siteman satellite location.
• Female.
• Age ≥ 18 years at diagnosis.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Zubrod performance status 0 or 1.
• English speaker.
• Able to understand and willing to sign Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

• Presence of distant metastases.
• Diagnosis of nonepithelial breast malignancies such as sarcoma or lymphoma.
• Diagnosis of bilateral breast cancer.
• AJCC cT4 disease, pT4 disease, or any skin involvement on exam or pathology, including dermal lymph-vascular space invasion (LVSI).
• Presence of palpable or radiographically suspicious supraclavicular, infraclavicular, or internal mammary nodes.
• Prior radiation therapy which would have any overlap with current radiation therapy plan.
• Diagnosis of prior breast cancer or diagnosis of current breast cancer more than one year prior to enrollment.
• Diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosis, scleroderma, or dermatomyositis.
• Diagnosis of a coexisting medical condition which limits life expectancy to < 2 years.
• Prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational treatment. Patients with prior or concurrent malignancy that does NOT meet that definition are eligible for this trial.
• Time between last breast cancer surgery to RT simulation is greater than 10 weeks, or time between completion of chemotherapy to RT simulation is greater than 8 weeks, whichever is performed last prior to RT.
• Planning to undergo concurrent chemotherapy.
• Pregnancy, which will be excluded prior to simulation.