Table A1.
WECARE Study Final Enrollment, Data Collection, and BRCA1/BRCA2 Genotyping by Center and Case-Control Status
| Variable | Denmark |
Iowa |
FHCRC |
UCI |
USC |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | |
| Eligible and approached | 267 | 541 | 133 | 292 | 127 | 246 | 164 | 316 | 307 | 717 | 998 | 2,112 |
| Nonparticipants | 88 | 183 | 20 | 64 | 28 | 53 | 46 | 87 | 108 | 326 | 290 | 713 |
| Physician refusal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| Subject interview refusal | 88 | 180 | 20 | 46 | 21 | 40 | 39 | 75 | 97 | 307 | 265 | 648 |
| Subject blood draw refusal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 42 |
| Participated and analyzed* | 179 | 358 | 113 | 228 | 99 | 193 | 118 | 229 | 199 | 391 | 708 | 1,399 |
| Medical record abstraction | 179 | 358 | 113 | 228 | 97 | 192 | 118 | 229 | 199 | 391 | 706 | 1,398 |
| BRCA genotyping | 176 | 357 | 113 | 228 | 99 | 193 | 118 | 229 | 199 | 391 | 705 | 1,398 |
Abbreviations: FHCRC, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; UCI, University of California at Irvine; USC, University of Southern California at Los Angeles.
Enrollment efforts were conducted from January 2000 to July 2004 at five data collection sites (four in the United States and one in Denmark). A total of 998 women with contralateral breast cancer were eligible and were approached for inclusion in the study during the period January 2000-July 2004; 708 of these women (71%) agreed to participate. Of the 2,112 women who were selected as potential controls and met the eligibility criteria, 1,399 (66%) agreed to participate. A woman was considered to have participated successfully if she completed both the interview and the blood collection.