Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * The patient can undergo biopsy or surgery of a primary tumor site for suspected or proven invasive breast cancer of clinical stage I to III and are planned to receive neoadjuvant therapy with anthracycline/taxane based regimens (Arm A and Arm B) or chemotherapy/immunotherapy-based regimens (Arm C) * The patient was proven to have TNBC, defined from standard pathologic assays as negative for ER and PR (\< 10% tumor staining) and negative for HER2 (immunohistochemistry \[IHC\] score \< 3, gene copy number not amplified) * Patients must have left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \>= 50% by multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO) within 12 weeks prior to starting adriamycin * Leukocytes \> 3,000/mcL * Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,500/mcL * Platelets \> 100,000/mcL * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) \< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal * Creatinine within 1.5 X the upper limits of normal OR creatinine clearance \> 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal * For Arms A and B, patients must be medically ineligible to receive immunotherapy in combination with anthracycline/taxane-based chemotherapy as part of standard care * For Arm C, patients must be medically eligible to receive immunotherapy in combination with chemotherapy as part of standard of care Exclusion Criteria: * The patient has diagnosis of stage IV disease or is found to have stage IV disease prior to initiation of chemotherapy * Prior history of invasive cancer within 5 years of study entry or history of metastatic cancer; exceptions include non-metastatic, curatively treated basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin * Prior excisional biopsy of the primary invasive breast cancer * Patients with hematomas or biopsy site changes that limit response assessment of the primary tumor by diagnostic imaging * Patients not eligible for chemotherapy with taxane and/or anthracycline based chemotherapy regimens * Prior therapy with - chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy * Grade II or higher neuropathy * Patients with Zubrod performance status of \> 2 * Patients with history of serious cardiac events defined as: * Patients with a history of New York Heart Association class 3 or 4 heart failure, or history of myocardial infarction, unstable angina or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) within 6 months of protocol registration * Patients who have history of PR prolongation (grade 2 or higher) or atrioventricular (AV) block