The GAP study is one of the few pieces of research I know that aims to find out why African American women die more often of BC than other women. Got this info yesterday from "Army of Women":
Project Title Protocol for Narrowing the Gap in Adjuvant Therapy
Researcher Vanessa Sheppard, PhD
Study Summary African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than Caucasian women, even though fewer African American women are getting breast cancer each year and screening use has improved. This difference has gotten worse over the past 20 years. The Gap Study was designed to gather the information needed to better understand the differences in breast cancer treatment experiences between Black/African American Women and White/European American Women. The researchers want to know more about how to improve the survival rates of women with breast cancer.
Who Can Participate? You can join the Gap Study if you match ALL of these categories:
•You consider yourself to be Black/African American
•You are newly diagnosed with breast cancer (within 20 weeks of your diagnosis)
•Your breast cancer is stage I, II, or III
•This is the first time you have been diagnosed with breast cancer
•You live in the United States
What Does Participation Involve? If you join the Gap Study you will be asked to complete a 30-40 minute telephone survey about your health related experiences and to allow your medical records to be reviewed by the doctor
Where? Anywhere in the United States
To sign up, click onto the Army of Women site.
- Felicia
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