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The 2009 Community Breast Cancer Researcher is Kathie Delassandri, M.D., Video
The 2009 Community Breast Cancer Researcher is Kathie Delassandri, M.D., a breast cancer researcher working on ways to predict breast cancer.
Eleven years ago, Zero Breast Cancer partnered with Doctor Margaret Wrensch of UCSF to conduct the first breast cancer research study in Marin County, the Adolescent Study and the Development of Breast Cancer. This five-year research study (1998-2003) provided data for several additional studies that took a closer look at such things as breast cancer risk factors, geographic variability, tumor histology and adolescent stress. All of these studies have yielded valuable clues in understanding the breast cancer puzzle in Marin County and the Bay Area.
One of the primary goals in breast cancer research is finding ways to predict each woman’s individual risk of breast cancer. Working with InterGenetics, the company that developed OncoVue, a genetic-based breast cancer risk test, Dalessandri used Zero Breast Cancer’s ARFS data to develop a new study to evaluate breast cancer risk. The Gail model, developed over 20 years ago, is currently used by scientists and clinicians to predict risk. Factors include age and family-menstrual-reproductive histories. The new tests aim to predict breast cancer risk more accurately using genetics. The results of Dalessandri’s study using the OncoVue model, presented at the end of 2008, show a statistically significant improvement over the Gail model. The importance of this research is that adding a genetic component to the assessment tools may enhance our ability to predict breast cancer risk.
Reported in the Marin Scope, Mill Valley Herald, Ross Valley Reporter, San Rafael/Terra Linda News Pointer, Twin Cities Times – marinscope.com – April 15-21, 2009
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