Whats up, Join individuals!
Welcome to your Spring 2024 concern of the Join participant e-newsletter. I’m sharing various vital bulletins beneath. First, because of you, we’ve reached over 30,000 individuals! The cohort is rising steadily every day, and we’re grateful that you just’re a part of our group.
In April, some members of the Join scientific staff attended the biggest most cancers analysis convention on this planet, the American Affiliation for Most cancers Analysis Annual Assembly. We obtained an enthusiastic response about Join as an upcoming most cancers analysis useful resource for the scientific group. As a participant, you’re contributing to this wealthy useful resource that can assist us study extra about most cancers prevention and early detection.
Expanded Age Vary
In early March, we expanded the age vary for those who wish to be part of Join. We’re at present recruiting individuals between the ages of 30 and 70 years outdated on the time they be part of! Just lately, researchers seen that some cancers are growing a lot earlier in life (for instance, breast and colon most cancers). We wish to make certain that we’re gathering information from individuals throughout a wider age vary to higher perceive the habits and well being patterns that will have an effect on most cancers growth and illness outcomes.
You’ll be able to assist unfold the phrase about Join and our expanded age vary! Sharing our website- most cancers.gov/connectstudy – is a good way for folk to study extra about why we’re conducting this analysis and what it means to be a participant. As all the time, the Join Assist Heart staff is completely satisfied to reply questions from anybody involved in studying extra.
A New Join Survey
When you joined Join after December 1st of 2023, we just lately launched a brand new survey that asks questions on high quality of life components, equivalent to ache, tiredness, and social interactions. When you joined Join after December 1st 2023 and haven’t already accomplished this High quality of Life Survey, go to your MyConnect dashboard. The survey takes lower than 10 minutes to finish, and is a crucial method to assist us perceive how components that have an effect on high quality of life might change all through your lifetime. We will probably be sharing this survey with individuals who joined Join earlier than December 1st, 2023 later this yr.
Join en Español
Now we have been arduous at work making ready to supply Join supplies in Spanish! We’re thrilled to start recruiting audio system of Spanish as their major language who’re eligible for the examine. This is a crucial strategy to lengthen analysis findings to all communities.
Spanish integration is coming on the excellent time for our latest accomplice well being care system- Baylor Scott & White Well being (BSWH) in Dallas, Texas- to launch recruitment. BSWH serves a various group that features many Spanish talking sufferers. We sit up for watching the Join group develop because the BSWH staff begins recruiting individuals this summer season.
Closing Reflection
On behalf of the Join examine staff, I ship our heartfelt thanks on your time and openness wanted as a participant. I too am a examine participant of one other most cancers prevention examine. I dedicate my time to that examine and Join in honor of the household and buddies who I misplaced to most cancers. As a group, we’re constructing a powerful basis for the way forward for most cancers analysis. I’m proud to be strolling alongside you on this journey. Thanks once more for becoming a member of our group! I sit up for seeing what we are able to uncover collectively.
Mia Gaudet, Ph.D., leads the Join for Most cancers Prevention Research at NCI.
As all the time, in case you have any suggestions or questions, contact our staff on the Join Assist Heart.
Till subsequent time, take excellent care, and Blissful Spring!
Mia Gaudet, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Division of Most cancers Epidemiology and Genetics
Nationwide Most cancers Institute
