Swebcg 91:A RT. Breast Conserving Surgery With or Without Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients
SB (Swedish Breast Cancer Group) 91:A Breast Conserving Surgery With or Without Postoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Stage 1-2 (<30 mm) pN0, M0
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Brief Summary
The main goal of the trial was to analyse the value of radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for patients with breast cancer, and to find groups of patients where the treatment could be omitted.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jan 1991
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 1991
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 1996
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 4, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 15, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2025
CompletedOctober 15, 2024
October 1, 2024
6 years
October 4, 2024
October 10, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Loco-regional recurrence
Recurrence in the breast or regional lymph nodes
35 years
Secondary Outcomes (2)
survival
35 years
Secondary malignancies
35 years
Study Arms (2)
postoperative radiotherapy
ACTIVE COMPARATORPatients were treated with radiotherapy to 50 Gy in 25 fractions
control
NO INTERVENTIONPatients received no further treatment after surgery
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- female
- not over the age of 75 years
- operated because of stage 1-2 invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast
- radical excision of the tumour
You may not qualify if:
- earlier cancer except cancer in situ of the cervix or skin
- distant metastases
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Region Skanelead
Study Sites (1)
Region Skane
Lund, Sweden
Related Publications (14)
Sjostrom M, Fyles A, Liu FF, McCready D, Shi W, Rey-McIntyre K, Chang SL, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Holmberg E, Ferno M, Malmstrom P, Karlsson P. Development and Validation of a Genomic Profile for the Omission of Local Adjuvant Radiation in Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Mar 10;41(8):1533-1540. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.00655. Epub 2023 Jan 4.
PMID: 36599119RESULTStrell C, Stenmark Tullberg A, Jetne Edelmann R, Akslen LA, Malmstrom P, Ferno M, Holmberg E, Ostman A, Karlsson P. Prognostic and predictive impact of stroma cells defined by PDGFRb expression in early breast cancer: results from the randomized SweBCG91RT trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 May;187(1):45-55. doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06136-4. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
PMID: 33661437RESULTSjostrom M, Chang SL, Fishbane N, Davicioni E, Zhao SG, Hartman L, Holmberg E, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Malmstrom P, Ferno M, Karlsson P. Clinicogenomic Radiotherapy Classifier Predicting the Need for Intensified Locoregional Treatment After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Dec 10;37(35):3340-3349. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00761. Epub 2019 Oct 16.
PMID: 31618132RESULTSjostrom M, Chang SL, Fishbane N, Davicioni E, Hartman L, Holmberg E, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Malmstrom P, Ferno M, Karlsson P. Comprehensive Transcriptomic Profiling Identifies Breast Cancer Patients Who May Be Spared Adjuvant Systemic Therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Jan 1;26(1):171-182. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-1038. Epub 2019 Sep 26.
PMID: 31558478RESULTStenmark Tullberg A, Sjostrom M, Tran L, Nimeus E, Killander F, Kovacs A, Lundstedt D, Holmberg E, Karlsson P. Combining histological grade, TILs, and the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway to identify immunogenic tumors and de-escalate radiotherapy in early breast cancer: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 May;11(5):e006618. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-006618.
PMID: 37208129RESULTStenmark Tullberg A, Sjostrom M, Nimeus E, Killander F, Chang SL, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Kovacs A, Lundstedt D, Holmberg E, Karlsson P. Integrating Tumor-Intrinsic and Immunologic Factors to Identify Immunogenic Breast Cancers from a Low-Risk Cohort: Results from the Randomized SweBCG91RT Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 May 1;29(9):1783-1793. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-2746.
PMID: 37071498RESULTEgelberg M, De Marchi T, Pekar G, Tran L, Bendahl PO, Tullberg AS, Holmberg E, Karlsson P, Farnebo M, Killander F, Nimeus E. Low levels of WRAP53 predict decreased efficacy of radiotherapy and are prognostic for local recurrence and death from breast cancer: a long-term follow-up of the SweBCG91RT randomized trial. Mol Oncol. 2023 Oct;17(10):2029-2040. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.13426. Epub 2023 Apr 19.
PMID: 36975842RESULTTutzauer J, Sjostrom M, Holmberg E, Karlsson P, Killander F, Leeb-Lundberg LMF, Malmstrom P, Nimeus E, Ferno M, Jogi A. Breast cancer hypoxia in relation to prognosis and benefit from radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in a large, randomised trial with long-term follow-up. Br J Cancer. 2022 May;126(8):1145-1156. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01630-4. Epub 2022 Feb 9.
PMID: 35140341RESULTKillander F, Wieslander E, Karlsson P, Holmberg E, Lundstedt D, Holmberg L, Werner L, Koul S, Haghanegi M, Kjellen E, Nilsson P, Malmstrom P. No Increased Cardiac Mortality or Morbidity of Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients After Breast-Conserving Surgery: 20-Year Follow-up of the Randomized SweBCGRT Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Jul 15;107(4):701-709. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 14.
PMID: 32302682RESULTStenmark Tullberg A, Puttonen HAJ, Sjostrom M, Holmberg E, Chang SL, Feng FY, Speers C, Pierce LJ, Lundstedt D, Killander F, Nimeus E, Kovacs A, Karlsson P. Immune Infiltrate in the Primary Tumor Predicts Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer; Results from the Randomized SweBCG91RT Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Feb 1;27(3):749-758. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-3299. Epub 2020 Nov 4.
PMID: 33148672RESULTSjostrom M, Veenstra C, Holmberg E, Karlsson P, Killander F, Malmstrom P, Nimeus E, Ferno M, Stal O. Expression of HGF, pMet, and pAkt is related to benefit of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: a long-term follow-up of the SweBCG91-RT randomised trial. Mol Oncol. 2020 Nov;14(11):2713-2726. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12803. Epub 2020 Sep 28.
PMID: 32946618RESULTKillander F, Karlsson P, Anderson H, Mattsson J, Holmberg E, Lundstedt D, Holmberg L, Malmstrom P. No breast cancer subgroup can be spared postoperative radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery. Fifteen-year results from the Swedish Breast Cancer Group randomised trial, SweBCG 91 RT. Eur J Cancer. 2016 Nov;67:57-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.08.001. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
PMID: 27614164RESULTLundstedt D, Gustafsson M, Malmstrom P, Johansson KA, Alsadius D, Sundberg A, Wilderang U, Holmberg E, Anderson H, Steineck G, Karlsson P. Symptoms 10-17 years after breast cancer radiotherapy data from the randomised SWEBCG91-RT trial. Radiother Oncol. 2010 Nov;97(2):281-7. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.09.018. Epub 2010 Oct 20.
PMID: 20970212RESULTEgelberg M, De Marchi T, Schultz N, Tran L, Karlsson P, Holmberg E, Pekar G, Killander F, Nimeus E. The potential radiosensitization target PFKFB3 is related to response to radiotherapy in SweBCG91RT: a randomized clinical trial with long-term follow-up. BMC Cancer. 2025 Feb 28;25(1):374. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-13703-1.
PMID: 40022029DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Karlsson Per, MD, prof
Göteborg University, Västra Götaland Region
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Erik Holmberg, PhD
Göteborg University
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Emma Nimeus Malmström, MD, ass prof
Lund University, Region Skane
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Fredrika Killander, MD, PhD
Region Skane, Lund University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 4, 2024
First Posted
October 15, 2024
Study Start
January 1, 1991
Primary Completion
December 31, 1996
Study Completion
December 31, 2025
Last Updated
October 15, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-10
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
This trial started in 1990