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Breakthrough Generations Study
The Breakthrough Generations Study is a unique study dedicated to researching the causes of breast cancer.
It is led by Professor Alan Ashworth, Director of the Breakthrough Research Centre, and eminent epidemiologist Professor Anthony Swerdlow from The Institute of Cancer Research.
Including 100,000 women, it will be a study of quite exceptional size and will span half a century. Recruiting generations of women from all walks of life from the age of 18 upwards, the study will investigate the effects of genetic, environmental, behavioural and hormonal factors, resulting in the most complete and reliable information on why some women develop breast cancer. Initial results will be available within the first few years and much more will be found out over the years to come.
Each woman is being asked to complete a questionnaire which asks about factors that might affect the risk of breast cancer. The participants are also asked if they would be willing to give a blood sample, which will be analysed for hormonal and familial (genetic) factors that may affect breast cancer risk.
For more information about the Breakthrough Generations Study and how to join, please visit the website.
Including 100,000 women, it will be a study of quite exceptional size and will
span half a century.
About the study
Over time it will be possible to compare the risk factors in the women who develop breast cancer with those who do not, to find out which factors are predictive of breast cancer occurrence, and which lead to
reduced risk.
- It is a very large national study of the causes of breast cancer, which will include over 100,000 women aged 18 and above in the UK.
- It will have a unique focus and scale and will continue to give information for the next 40 years and longer, although the first results on breast cancer causes will be ready much sooner than that, in a few years from now.
- Over time it will be possible to compare the risk factors in women who develop breast cancer with those who do not, to find out which factors are predictive of breast cancer occurrence, and which lead to reduced risk.
Each woman is being asked to complete a questionnaire which asks about factors that might affect the risk of breast cancer. The participants are also asked if they would be willing to give a blood sample, which will be analysed for hormonal and familial (genetic) factors that may affect breast cancer risk.
For more information about the Breakthrough Generations Study and how to join, please visit the website.
Goblets
These tubes, called goblets, are used to store the blood samples that are collected for the Breakthrough Generations Study.
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