Open AccessThe Women’s Circle of Health Follow-Up Study: a population-based longitudinal study of Black breast cancer survivors in New Jersey
Author(s) -
Elisa V. Bandera,
Kitaw Demissie,
Bo Qin,
Adana A.M. Llanos,
Yong Lin,
Baichen Xu,
Karen Pawlish,
Jesse J. Plascak,
Jennifer Tsui,
Angela R. Omilian,
William McCann,
Song Yao,
Christine B. Ambrosone,
Chi-Chen Hong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer survivorship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1932-2267
pISSN - 1932-2259
DOI - 10.1007/s11764-019-00849-8
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cohort , population , body mass index , cancer , cohort study , cancer registry , health equity , quality of life (healthcare) , public health , gerontology , environmental health , pathology , nursing
The Women's Circle of Health Follow-Up Study is an ongoing longitudinal study of African American/Black breast cancer survivors in New Jersey, specifically designed to evaluate the impact of obesity and related comorbidities on breast cancer survival and health-related quality-of-life in this understudied population. Here, we describe our recruitment and data collection methods and compare characteristics of the overall cohort and the subcohort with follow-up data.