Chicago Breast Health Project, Phase II
Chicago Breast Health Project, Phase II
RATIONALE: Lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, diet, and obesity, and hormone function may affect breast density. Screening tests, such as mammography, may help doctors find tumor cells early and plan better treatment for breast cancer.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the effect of lifestyle factors and hormone function on breast density in healthy Hispanic women who are undergoing mammography for breast cancer screening.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Participants undergo blood collection and physical examination. Participants also complete breast cancer risk factor, food frequency, and physical activity questionnaires and receive breast health and physical activity education. Participants then undergo a digital screening mammogram. Participants are notified of mammogram results.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 114 participants will be accrued for this study.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Healthy Hispanic women
Registered patient at the Erie Family Health Centers' West Town or Humboldt Park clinics
No screening mammography within the past 12 months
No abnormality on clinical breast exam
No history of breast cancer
Hormone receptor status:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
Sex
Menopausal status
Performance status
Life expectancy
Hematopoietic
Hepatic
Renal
Other
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery