Sister&39;s Study interview 姊妹乳腺癌研究 |

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Sister’s Study Interview

with Dr. Dale Sandler

Host: We want to talk about a new study going on that involves,

that includes women. Actually, about 50,000 women nationwide
will be invited to take part in this study, but they’re beginning
inArizona,Florida,Missouri, andRhode Island. About women whose
sisters have had breast cancer. The study conducted by the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the chief
of the Epidemiology Branch at the NIEHS, Dr. Dale Sandler joins
us right now.

Dr. Sandler: Good Morning.

Host: Good morning. How long have you been putting this study
together, Dr Sandler?

Dr. Sandler: Actually, we’ve been working on this for about four
years. It’s a very difficult study to organize, but we finally got
started in August 2003.

Host: What do you hope to find? Connections between women in

the same family, one of whom has had breast cancer, how others
could avoid it or...
Dr. Sandler: We’re trying to learn about the environmental and
genetic causes of breast cancer and a very good way to do that is
to start with women who had a sister with breast cancer. Past
research shows that those women are at an increased risk for
developing breast cancer probably because they share
environmental exposures and they share genes. By studying this
group of women who are at higher risk, we have a much better
chance of identifying those environmental causes that women
tend to be concerned about but that research has neglected.

Host: Who would be eligible to take part in this study if someone

listening right now wanted to here inArizona?

Dr. Sandler: The requirements for eligibility right now are very
simple. We’re looking for women between the ages of 35 and 74
who’ve had a sister with breast cancer and they cannot have had
breast cancer themselves. We are especially interested in
recruiting women from diverse populations. The study results will
only apply to all women in theUnited Statesif all types of women
participate.

Host: So, all ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to get involved

in this?

Dr. Sandler:Exactly.

Host: How would they go about doing that?

Dr. Sandler: It’s actually quite simple, we have a toll-free number

1-877-4SISTER where they can call. We have a web site,
www.sisterstudy.org and making that call or going to the web site
takes only a few minutes to determine eligibility and learn about
the study requirements.

Host: How long would each women be involved in the study?

Dr. Sandler: This is a long term study and women will provide a
lot of information when they enroll and then we will ask them to
stay in touch with us for at least ten years. What we want to do is
identify information about potential exposures before women
develop breast cancer. Then look and see who might develop
breast cancer in the future and compare those women to those
who don’t. So we think about ten years is what it’s going to take.

Host: Have you had pretty good response to it so far?

Dr. Sandler:Response has been really great. We were interested in

enrolling just a small group of 2,000 of the 50,000 women over
the current few months and we have nearly 1,700 women enrolled
so we’ve upped the number; we’re going to continue to enroll.
We’ve had a very good response inPhoenixalready and we’re
hoping now to recruit women from the rest of the state.

Host: We thank you for joining us this morning and it sounds like
a very interesting and certainly a very worthwhile study you have
under way.
Dr. Dale Sandler, Chief of the Epidemiology Branch of the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Again the
telephone number to call if you’re interested in taking part in the
study is 1-877-4SISTER, 1-877-474-7837 or you can log on to
www.sisterstudy.org for more information.
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博士是研究的合作者之一。
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