Abstract Purpose: To evaluate symptoms of late radiation toxicity, side effects, and quality of life in breast cancer patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Methods: For this cohort study breast cancer patients treated with HBOT in 5 Dutch facilities...
The "Hyperbaric OxygeN therapy on brEast cancer patients with late radiation toxicity"
(HONEY) trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of HBOT on late radiation toxicity in breast
cancer patients using the trial within cohorts (TwiCs) design.
This study aims to compare patients that receive hyperbaric oxygen or Trental and Vitamin E
immediately after completion of radiation therapy to evaluate which treatment best reduces
radiation fibrosis.
Existing research suggests that progressive resistance training (PRT) after breast cancer (BC) surgery is safe, but the preventive effect on arm lymphedema has yet to be determined. Women aged 18 to 75 years who were undergoing BC surgery with axillary lymph node dissection were eligible for the study. Recruited on the day of surgery, participants were allocated to intervention or usual care by computer randomization. The intervention consisted of PRT 3 times per week: in the first 20 weeks as a supervised group exercise and in the last 30 weeks as a self-administered exercise. The primary outcome was arm lymphedema, which was defined as a >3% increase in the interlimb volume difference by water displacement.
Tumor hypoxia is relevant for tumor growth, metabolism, resistance to chemotherapy and metastasis. We have previously shown that hyperoxia, using hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT), attenuates tumor growth and shifts the phenotype from mesenchymal to epithelial (MET) in the DMBA-induced mammary tumor model. This study describes the effect of HBOT on tumor growth, angiogenesis, chemotherapy efficacy and metastasis in a triple negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer model, and evaluates tumor growth using a triple positive BT-474 breast cancer model. 5 x 105 cancer cells were injected s.c. in the groin area of NOD/SCID female mice. The BT-474 group was supplied with Progesterone and Estradiol pellets 2-days prior to tumor cell injection. Mice were divided into controls (1 bar, pO2 = 0.2 bar) or HBOT (2.5 bar, pO2 = 2.5 bar, 90 min, every third day until termination of the experiments).
RATIONALE: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be effective in repairing damaged tissue and
reducing lymphedema caused by radiation therapy for cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying hyperbaric oxygen to see how well it
works compared to standard therapy in treating chronic arm lymphedema in patients who have
undergone radiation therapy for cancer.
