The Jewels in Our Genes Study - an African American Family Study of Breast Cancer

University at Buffalo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01380925

KG090937

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research team is studying why some African American families have multiple cases of breast cancer.

This study will help to better understand if there are undiscovered genes unique to African Americans that may predict early breast cancer risk.

Breast cancer survivors AND their relatives who are also breast cancer survivors are being recruited to the study.

Enrollment: 330 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Black/African American
• Ever diagnosed with breast cancer
• Have at least one living blood relative ever diagnosed with breast cancer, who is also willing to participate
• Live in the U.S.

Exclusion criteria

• Tested positive for BRCA mutations