Breast Cancer

MSU researcher awarded $14 million to identify breast cancer risk factors

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 14th, 2010

EAST LANSING, Mich. - A team of researchers led by a Michigan State University scientist has been awarded $14 million to identify risk factors for breast cancer in young women, focusing on growth, diet, physical activity and body size during a woman's lifetime.

The five-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by Ellen Velie of the College of Human Medicine's Department of Epidemiology, will include the largest sample in the United States of black women younger than 50 diagnosed with breast cancer.

"Risk factors for breast cancer vary by age and tumor characteristics, and there hasn't been enough research on breast cancer in...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2010-10-14)

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