Interrelationships of Hormones, Diet, Body Size and Breast Cancer Among Hispanic Women

Abstract

The purpose of this Minority Institution Partnership Training Award is to train University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) faculty to conduct breast cancer research by collaborating with faculty from the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health (UTSPH). Three UTB faculty will undergo intensive training provided by six UTSPH faculty during year 1. To reinforce training, faculty from UTB and UTSPH will conduct a clinic-based case-control study of breast cancer to investigate its association with hormones, diet and body size in years 2 through 4. Specific aims include: 1) to provide UTB faculty training through classes, presentations and seminars to gain knowledge of epidemiology, proposal development, behavioral sciences, and biostatistics offered by UTSPH faculty, and 2) to design and conduct a clinic-based case-control study to include completion of a questionnaire, anthropometry and a blood draw. During the third year of the project, Dr. Peltz (UTB) received his Masters of Public Health, and Dr. Johnson (UTB) audited an epidemiology and a behavioral science course. Data collection continued for the clinic-based case-control study, the South Texas Women s Health Project. To increase the number of breast cancer cases, Dr. Peltz (UTB) requested, but did not receive, supplemental funding from the Department of Defense to add two staff members to begin interviewing in Hidalgo county. Dr. Sanderson (UTSPH) became principal investigator of a project funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities to conduct a study of women diagnosed with high risk-human papillomavirus which places them at high risk of cervical cancer. Dr. Sanderson (UTSPH) submitted grants to conduct a validation study and awareness campaign of family history of breast cancer among South Texas Women s Health Project subjects, and to conduct a case-only study of prostate cancer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA462673

Entities

People

  • Gerson Peltz

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Brownsville

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Composition
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cervical Cancers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Minority Groups
  • Neoplasms
  • Papillomavirus Infections
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Public Health
  • Women'S Health

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