Some women have a higher risk than others of developing breast cancer. Unhealthy lifestyles, high breast density, family history, obesity, the presence of biomarkers associated with early neoplastic changes (considered alone or in combination) are just some of main factors that can increase the risk of breast cancer. Women with a higher risk may need to undergo more intensive screening activities, which include more frequent inspections and the possibility of experiment different types of tests. Instead, low risk women could be screened at longer intervals in order to reduce the screening harms (false positive results, overdiagnosis, radiation exposure, discomfort caused by the test itself, etc.) The ANDROMEDA Study aims at creating the possibility to customize the screening paths through a combined analysis of the above mentioned risk factors. Women consenting to be involved in the study will be asked to provide information on their lifestyle habits and reproductive history. Furthermore a blood sample will be collected for further bio-molecular analysis purposes.

NCT02618538

Conditions

1. Breast Cancer

MeSH:Breast Neoplasms

HPO:Breast carcinoma Neoplasm of the breast

The 18 breast cancer risk related SNPs are: rs11249433, rs1045485, rs13387042, rs4973768, rs10941679, rs889312, rs2046210, rs13281615, rs1011970, rs2981582, rs2380205, rs10995190, rs704010, rs3817198, rs614367, rs999737, rs3803662 and rs6504950.