Research on Women and Minorities
Forty-two percent (26 of 62) of the grants that BCRP awarded in 1999 studied either women or tissues from women, while the remaining 58% were laboratory studies that did not directly involve women or tissues from women. .Of the 26 grants that involved women or tissues from women, 69% (18) had women as participants in the study and 31% (8) used tissues or tumor samples. 85% (22) of these studies included underserved women in the study (the remaining four are using tissues that were not specifically collected for their studies) and 19% (5) are focused on underserved women.
The following are grants with a primary emphasis on minority and/or underserved women:
- A Support Group Alternative for Rural and Isolated Women
- Social Support and Breast Cancer Control Among Latinas
- Estrogen metabolizing genes, soy and breast cancer in Asians
- Beliefs and Risks of Breast Cancer Among African Immigrants
- Breast Cancer Screening in Women Surviving Hodgkin's Disease
