Mayo Mammography Health Study
Initiatives
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Breast cancer research study whose goal is to identify features on mammograms that can be used to help detect women at high risk of breast cancer. Findings from the mammography study could ultimately lead to new methods of prevention and treatment of breast cancer.
- Start Year
- 2003
- Funding
- Funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) grants NIH R01 CA 97396 and CA140286 and the Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer SPORE (P50 CA 116201).
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Design
- Study design
- Other : Case cohort
- Follow Up
- Follow-up for cancer occurrence was performed annually by using a combination of cancer registry data (passive follow-up) and mailed follow-up (active follow-up).
Marker Paper
Olson JE, Sellers TA, Scott CG, Schueler BA, Brandt KR, Serie DJ, Jensen MR, Wu FF, Morton MJ, Heine JJ, Couch FJ, Pankratz VS, Vachon CM. The influence of mammogram acquisition on the mammographic density and breast cancer association in the Mayo Mammography Health Study cohort. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Nov 15;14(6):R147. doi: 10.1186/bcr3357.
PUBMED 23152984
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 19,924
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Women at breast cancer screening practice
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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