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. 2010 Apr 5;28(14):2404–2410. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.2495

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
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.