Novel Recruitment Techniques for a Study of Culture-Specific Diet, Metabolic Variability and Breast Cancer Risk in African-American Women

Abstract

Little is known regarding explanations for racial disparities in breast cancer incidence among younger women and tumor agressiveness, perhaps because of the difficulty in enrolling African-Americans into research studies. The purpose of this pilot study was to develop a novel method of recruitment, focused primarily on minority women, and investigate previously unexplored risk factors in breast cancer epidemiology. Eligible cases and controls are contacted by women who are breast cancer survivors and asked to participate in the study. To date, interviews have been completed for 181 women, aged 29-75, with breast cancer and 48 community controls. The participation rate (the proportion of women who complete the study) for cases is 73% for Caucasian women, and 60% for African-American women. The infrastructure for case-control epidemiologic studies has been built, and a specimen bank was established to enable exploration of future hypotheses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA384941

Entities

People

  • Christine B. Ambrosone

Organizations

  • Food and Drug Administration

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Birds
  • Epidemiology
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Population
  • Medical Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Native Americans
  • Neoplasms
  • Pilot Studies
  • Public Health
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