Sisters wanted for breast cancer study

The sisters of women who had breast cancer can join a study to help researchers learn more about the causes of the disease.

The Sister Study will investigate how the environment and genes may lead to breast cancer.

Women whose sisters have been diagnosed with breast cancer are at higher risk. Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a part of the National Institutes of Health, are recruiting women between 35 and 74 who have not had breast cancer but who have sisters, living or deceased, who were diagnosed.

Volunteers in the Sister Study will answer questionnaires and provide samples to help researchers identify factors that influence the development of breast cancer.

To volunteer, go to the website, www.sisterstudy.org, or call (877)-4SISTER.

This story provided by North American Precis Syndicate, Inc.