Woman by woman….Sister by sister….
In
October of 2004, the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS) launched the Sister Study to
learn why some women get breast cancer and others don’t.
Studying women whose sisters have or had breast cancer is a great
way to do this because, although sisters share genes, one may get
the disease while the other may not. The Sister Study will
look at how environmental exposures in our homes, workplaces and
communities may affect our chances of getting breast cancer.
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