The cancer care and haematology research team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare is recruiting volunteers to participate in a national breast cancer study.

The national Cancer Research UK trial will compare the differences between healthy individuals and those with a history of breast cancer. The research will allow a better understanding of how and why breast cancer develops and will help towards improving the care of patients with breast tumours.

The team would like to speak to women aged 35 years and above who have not had breast cancer and have no close relative who has been affected.

Volunteers will be asked to donate one small blood sample and complete a short questionnaire.

If you are interested in taking part in this study, please contact the cancer care and haematology research team on 01296 315908 between 8am – 4.30pm, Monday - Friday.

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Notes to editors: • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provide a wide range of high quality acute and community services from three acute hospital sites in Amersham, Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, five community hospitals at Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross and Waterside, and a number of community sites across the county. Details of these can be found here: http://www.buckinghamshirehospitals.nhs.uk/community-health-services.htm • Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services and the National Spinal Injuries Centre • More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m, for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries For further information, contact the communications team on 01494 734959 or at communications@buckshosp.nhs.uk Based on information supplied by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.