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UPDATE: This study has recruited its required number of participants, and is now closed. (8/30/12)

The Army of Women is recruiting women across the United States to participate a study to better understand why some Latina women who have been diagnosed with cancer are sometimes put into early menopause (el cambio de vida) due to chemotherapy treatments. All participation in the study will be handled over the phone, and participants will be compensated for their time.

The Army of Women works to recruit 1 million healthy women to partner with breast cancer researchers and directly participate in the research that will eradicate breast cancer once and for all!

Participants will have the option of having a professional Spanish translator provided for them, if needed. Women who are a part of the study will be asked to:

• Complete a consent form and two questionnaires (available in English and Spanish).
• Complete an interview with the research team, either over the phone or in person at a confidential agreed upon location. Women will be asked several questions regarding their experience with menopause (el cambio de vida) resulting from chemotherapy received as part of breast cancer treatment. The interview will be recorded but kept confidential and will last about an hour.
• Approximately three months after the first interview, women may be contacted to answer questions regarding their menopause (el cambio de vida) experience over time, to clarify previous discussion, or to review answers from the previous interview. This conversation will take only a few minutes.

To participate, you must match ALL of these MAIN categories:

• You are a woman over the age of 18
• You self-identify as Latina/Hispanic
• You were diagnosed with breast cancer (Stage 1-3 only)
• You had chemotherapy to treat your breast cancer and completed treatment within the last 10 years (it is OK if you received chemotherapy treatment more than one time)
• You were still menstruating 3 months before you started chemotherapy
• You experienced chemotherapy-induced premature menopause (you stopped menstruating) following your chemotherapy treatment
• You live in the United States

If you match the categories above and want to participate, RSVP here. After you RSVP, the researcher will ask you additional questions to be sure that this study is the right fit for you.

Think about participating and passing on this opportunity to your friends! You could be part of a major discovery that will affect every single woman in the United States!

Information on this study drawn from the Army of Women materials (via studies@armyofwomen.org).