Are you breastfeeding and have a mutation in a BRCA Gene?
Please consider donating milk if you have a BRCA mutation & are breastfeeding
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are looking for breastfeeding mothers who have tested positive for a BRCA mutation and are willing to donate a breast-milk sample.What will participants have to do as breast-milk donors?
You will be asked to complete an informed consent document, a questionnaire, and to send us a copy of your BRCA test results. Then you will need to provide milk and saliva samples . Each participant will receive $50.How is your privacy protected?
Every effort will be made to protect your privacy. Your name will not be used in any of the research reports or publications prepared with results obtained from this study. All information obtained in this study that identifies who you are will be recorded with a code number, and all studies are approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Massachusetts.