52
Participants
Start Date
May 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2015
Laser therapy
The low level laser therapy used in this trial will be Photon Lase III (DMC, approved by ANVISA for medicinal purposes). This InGaAIP laser emits a pulsed 660 nanometer beam with an average output of 80 milliwatts and the average energy density delivered to the breast will be 3 J/cm2.
Placebo
In the control group, 26 patients will be submitted to a laser, but the laser will be disabled without affecting its apparent function , five days a week before radiotherapy .
Hospital do Cancer de Barretos, Barretos
Universidade do Vale do Sapucai
OTHER