MADISON, Wis. — As hundreds gear up to support breast cancer research at this weekend?s Race for the Cure, thousands of breast cancer survivors in Wisconsin are paying their success forward through a unique research project on the University of Wisconsin campus.
Researchers are looking at when a woman may be most vulnerable to environmental hazards during her life, specifically the stages of childhood, adolescence and menopause. It?s what researchers call “windows of susceptibility.”
“Many studies have been done on environmental exposures, but studies have focused on recent exposures and how they relate to breast cancer risks,” said Dr. Amy Trentham-Dietz, a cancer epidemiologist at UW.