Raising awareness during Breast Cancer Awareness Month with BIOMEDICA CRO, your trusted provider of Caucasian biospecimens for research 🎗

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, regrettably, according to information from the American Cancer Society, Breast cancer remains the most common cancer diagnosed in women, behind skin cancers, with just under 300,000 new cases and 43,000 deaths expected in 2023.

BIOMEDICA CRO has been supporting scientists providing various types of human biospecimens from Caucasian subjects with Breast cancer, and we sincerely believe that our input helped to enhance the understanding and discover new treatment strategies to improve the overall quality of life for individuals. This month, it is essential to take time to highlight the importance of Breast cancer diagnosis, so we are sharing with you a summary of the results of a recent study conducted by researchers from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

In this new survey, researchers found out that an overwhelming majority of adults (93%) recognize a lump as a symptom of Breast cancer, but less than half recognize other common symptoms associated with the disease. In detail: just 31% of survey respondents recognized a retracted, inverted or downward-pointing nipple as a symptom of Breast cancer, and just 39% recognized breast puckering as a symptom. Less than half of the survey respondents were aware of the loss of breast feeling (41%), pitting/thickening of the breast skin (45%) or nipple charge (51%) as concerns worthy of medical attention.

“Screening mammography is our #1 defense in detecting and addressing Breast cancers at their earliest, most treatable stages, but it is also essential for people to be familiar with the look and feel of their own breast tissue so that sometimes subtle changes can be evaluated quickly to give us the best chance at early detection”, – noted Ashley Pariser, MD, breast medical oncologist and director of Breast cancer survivorship services at the OSUCCC – James.

Please find more information on the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center website.

BIOMEDICA CRO is fully prepared to support Breast cancer research – contact us to order biospecimens from Caucasian subjects and receive excellent customer service ✅

At BIOMEDICA CRO, we do biosample procurement through a broad network of partnered hospitals in Ukraine and supply them globally. We provide both prospective and retrospective collections of the numerous human biospecimen types and associated clinical data since 2017.

We manage our own network of 50+ direct contracts with hospitals in Ukraine in many disease areas and are always ready to make a new one if necessary. Our primary focus is oncology studies, and we are fully prepared to adhere to your specific Inclusion and Exclusion criteria, as well as sample processing and aliquoting schemes. We can provide support for the following cancer research projects:

Breast cancer;
Colorectal cancer (CRC);
Lung cancer;
Kidney cancer;
Head & Neck cancer;
Thyroid cancer;
Uterine/Endometrial/Cervical cancer, etc.

At BIOMEDICA CRO, we maintain constant interaction with clinical sites and principal investigators and are always available to provide you with up-to-date collection feedback. Direct communication with physicians ensures that they understand the collection process completely, resulting in high-quality biospecimens.

Although we mainly take part in the prospective customized studies, we also acknowledge that having banked biospecimens already collected, stored and available for use allows certain research studies to be performed quicker and easier. Thus, we also offer a wide range of banked Caucasian biospecimens, including FFPE blocks, frozen tissues, whole blood, plasma, serum, buffy coat, rest blood, PBMC, urine, saliva, and more. All these biospecimens are collected from diverse patient populations and are carefully processed and stored to maintain their integrity and usability for research purposes.
🌐 Clicking here, you can explore our extensive range of banked biological samples.

📩 Please email us to start our collaboration at office@biomedica-cro.com.
There is much work we have to do to prevent and fight cancer. BIOMEDICA CRO team is here to support your research every step of the way.

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