Kathleen Arcaro, PhD
Research Focus - Biomarkers of the Modifiable Component of Breast Cancer Risk
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Breast milk research program: developed a biobank of bilateral breast milk samples from over 1,000 women of varied breast cancer risk with long-term follow-up
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Diet intervention to reduce breast cancer risk: ongoing NCI-funded randomized clinical trial assessing the effects of increased fruit and vegetable consumption on the inflammatory and DNA methylation profiles in breast milk
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Breastmilk as a liquid biopsy: ongoing DoD-funded study assessing somatic mutation load and aberrant DNA methylation profile in sloughed epithelial cells from the breast milk of BRCA mutation carriers
Representative Publication
Salas LA, Lundgren SN, Browne EP, et al. Prediagnostic breast milk DNA methylation alterations in women who develop breast cancer. Hum Mol Genet. 2020;29(4):662-673.