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Other objectives are: - to assess intraoperative visibility of carbon black tattoo in the tumor region and surrounding tissues - to assess microscopic distribution of carbon ink in the layers of the colonic wall and adjacent tissues - to assess complications related to carbon black tattoo procedure

For the study will be recruited 60 women treated with breast cancer, using tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitor, are in menopause, hot flashes and has with or without sexual life. They will answer the questionnaires: Kupperman, World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) and those sexually active

OBJECTIVES: - Establish and evaluate procedures for conducting a hospital-based case-control study of risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist

The specific aim for the proposed study is to examine the feasibility and impact of a 6-month two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) on MetS components and biomarkers related to prostate cancer in Black men with MetS. Due to the striking racial disparities of prostate cancer, this proposal will

Though Black women have a lower breast cancer rate than White women, Black women have the poorest outcomes of all races and ethnicities. Low cancer knowledge and mistrust of the healthcare system have been shown to lead to poorer outcomes following breast cancer diagnosis. Participants are asked to

Despite broad awareness of the role that diet plays in increasing obesity risk, adherence to public health recommendations for maintaining healthy eating is low. Insights gained from weight loss intervention trials find that trial participants report difficulty in restricting calories,

1. * Purpose of project (one or two sentences): To examine the feasibility and acceptability of an exergaming intervention in a community-based setting, and to explore the effects of exergaming on cardiovascular fitness, body mass index and percent body fat in Black women who are sedentary and

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To select an optimal black raspberry confection based on altered gene expression and chemical profiles in healthy individuals exposed to 3 black raspberry-based amorphous functional confections with modulated bioactive release rate at two doses (4 g and 8 g). OUTLINE:

Primary Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between the length of the CAG repeat sequence occurring in the androgen receptor gene and major prostate cancer prognostic determinants (race, age, histologic grade and stage) at the time of diagnosis in black and white veterans. Secondary Objectives:

Minority women are grossly underserved and suffer poorer quality of life during and after treatment for breast cancer. Despite this greater need, interventions designed to foster adaptation to disease among such women are scarce. Our recent randomized trial tested the efficacy of a 10-week

Black men suffer disproportionately higher rates of nearly all disease categories, including cancer --the leading cause of death in North Carolina. An estimated 50% of cancer is preventable with lifestyle modifications such as increasing physical activity (PA), eliminating tobacco use/exposure and

PRIMARY FEASIBILITY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate the feasibility of establishing a diet intervention trial with longitudinal microbiome collection in Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) Lung Cancer Screening Clinic (OSUCCC-LCSC). PRIMARY SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the