Did you have a benign biopsy prior to your bc dx?

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Dr. Susan Love's ARMY OF WOMEN needs women anywhere in the United States who were diagnosed with breast cancer at least one year after they had a benign breast biopsy.  Some women who have had a benign breast biopsy are at higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who have not had a benign breast biopsy.  However, there is currently no way to determine which women who have had a benign breast biopsy will actually go on to develop the disease.  A research team at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is investigating whether the amount of DNA damage seen in the cells in normal breast tissue may be an indicator of future breast cancer risk. The researchers are recruiting women who had a benign breast biopsy and then went on to develop breast cancer AND women who had a benign breast biopsy but did NOT go on to develop breast cancer. By recruiting women who did develop breast cancer and women who did not, they will be able to look for markers in the breast cells that might be an indicator of breast cancer risk.  The research team is especially interested in enrolling women who underwent their benign biopsy between 2007-2009.

They have recruited for this study in the past but the research team still needs many more women to sign up!  If you had a benign breast biopsy after March 2003 and then went on to develop breast cancer one or more years later, please check out The Army of Women website for more info, or PM me for a copy of an email from them with more details and a link to their website.