What is the Marin Women’s Study investigating?
A. The Marin Women’s Study (MWS) is a research study that investigates how reproductive, lifestyle, demographic, and biologic factors affect breast cancer risk in Marin women. Q. What is this study going to accomplish? A. The MWS will further our understanding of previous breast cancer research in Marin by building upon our population-based data. We know that women in Marin have more of the established risk factors for breast cancer (alcohol consumption, use of hormone replacement therapy and higher socioeconomic status). However, we do not know if individuals getting breast cancer have the same risk factor profile. In short, we need to find out if the established risk factors are also higher among cases and then, examine how the risk factors relate to the disease in Marin. The MWS will begin by investigating how alcohol consumption, use of hormone replacement therapy and higher socioeconomic status compare among women with and without breast cancer in Marin.
