Data were entered and verified for 30 women who completed the and postintervention and one-year follow-up interviews. Nine women did not complete the postintervention interview, and 14 did not return for the one-year follow-up.
Behavioral Variables
Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). The FFQ was initially developed for a study with minority families. The FFQ includes 13 categories of food, including: animal protein, vegetable protein, low-fat dairy, high-fat dairy, high-fat snacks, nonwhole grains, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, fast food, desserts, carbonated beverages, and water. Additional questions are asked related to food preparation [...]
Recruitment
Subjects were 44 overweight/obese African-American women. Women were recruited from a Co-Op grocery store in Hyde Park, a community located on the south side of Chicago. Recruitment methods included the distribution of brochures in all shoppers’ bags over a four-day period, as well as presentations of the study by program staff to all interested women [...]
Breast cancer is the second cause of cancer death in African-American women, and mortality rates are significantly higher for African-American than for white women.1 Possible explanations for this disparity include: 1) high rates of obesity, 2) low levels of physical activity, 3) diets that are high in fat, low in fruit and vegetable consumption, and [...]
DISCUSSION
Late cardiotoxic effects of doxorubicin are an increasing problem for large numbers of patients who survive cancer. This cardiotoxicity is often progressive and disabling. In a retrospective study of 399 patient records, CHF and cardiomyopathy were found to be dose-dependent, and the incidence of these complications increased considerably when the cumulative dose of the drug [...]
Out of 120 eligible patients receiving doxorubicin combination therapy at Howard during the study period, 100 patients were evaluable, all of whom were African American (65% women, 35% men, median age 46 years, range 32-84 years). Fifteen patients had hypertension, and 10 were diabetics. None of the patients had history of CHF or coronary artery [...]
A retrospective survey of the Howard University Hospital cancer registry during 1997-2001 was conducted to identify all patients who underwent Adriamycin-based combination chemotherapy. Charts were reviewed to find evaluable patients who had records of the cumulative dose of doxorubicin and assessment of clinical cardiac status and echocardiogram both before therapy and at one- to four [...]
