Status:
COMPLETED
Breast Cancers: Risk Factors Among Mexican Women in Mexico, Mexican-American and African-American Women in the U.S.
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
The goal of this epidemiologic research study is to find out if various risk factors and certain markers (substances that help identify the presence of cancer) that help predict increased occurrence a...
Detailed Description
An epidemiologic study looks at the patterns, causes, and control of disease in groups of people. Researchers want to see if various risk factors (such as decreased and delayed fertility, obesity, and...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All women of Mexican and African descent ages 18 years or older.
- Diagnosis of invasive breast cancer (histologically confirmed invasive adenocarcinoma, including ductal, lobular, medullary, tubular and mucinous cellular patterns) within the past 24 months.
- Willing to complete a questionnaire.
- Consent to tissue acquisition (remaining after surgery or preoperative core needle biopsy).
Exclusion
- Male gender
- Inadequate tissue obtained for the four main clinical markers (ER, PR, Her-2/neu and Ki67).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 10 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
938 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00837499
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
May 10 2021
Last Update
May 14 2021
Active Locations (7)
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1
Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724-5024
2
LBJ Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
3
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
4
The Rose Diagnostic Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77034