Overview
ShareForCures (SFC) is a community-based participatory research registry, and its prime objective is to engage participants representative of the United States breast cancer patient population -including minoritized and historically marginalized people, persons, or communities-to ensure the data researchers use to study breast cancer is as diverse as the people touched by this disease. In doing so, researchers will have a better understanding of breast cancer, and everyone can potentially benefit from scientific advances and improvements in care.
Description
ShareForCures (SFC) will be a people-powered, data-driven breast cancer registry that will provide a way for individuals from diverse backgrounds to participate in research and enable participants' data to be used for breast cancer research. The overarching goal of SFC is to create a robust research resource comprised of clinical, biological, socio-behavioral, and other data from up to 200,000 people with breast cancer-including minoritized and historically marginalized people, persons, or communities-to ensure the data, researchers use to study breast cancer, is as diverse as the people touched by this disease. In doing so, researchers will have a better understanding of breast cancer and everyone can potentially benefit from scientific advances and improvements in care.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Individuals must be at least 18 years old. (Individuals in Alabama and Nebraska must be over 19 and individuals in Mississippi and Pennsylvania must be over 21 to participate).
- Individuals must have been diagnosed with cancer originating (or is suspected to originate) from the breast.
- Individuals must be currently residing in the United States or a territory of the United States.
- Individuals must be able to read and understand English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals under the age of 18 years. (Individuals in Alabama and Nebraska under 19 and individuals in Mississippi and Pennsylvania under 21 are not eligible to participate).
- Individuals without a diagnosis of breast cancer.
- Individuals who are not residing in the United States or a territory of the United States.
- Individuals unable to read and understand English.