"I am donating blood and tissue in hopes that this will help someone fighting the battle! The real heroes are the women that have to endure this awful disease."
Media Resources
Use these links to access the press packet, flyers, recruitment materials, and templates for social media posts and PSAs.
Press Info Packet
Recent print and media stories:
- 10 Years in, Breast Tissue Bank Helps Advance Cancer Knowledge
- Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank helps answer questions about breast cancer
- 7 Things only IU’s healthy tissue bank has done to fight cancer
KTB full history through narrative – COMING SOON
Recently published journal articles:
- Testing the Effect of Culturally Targeted, Normative Messaging on Black Women’s Intentions to Participate in a Breast Cancer Clinical Trial. Ridley-Merriweather, Katherine Ellen (2023). Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 30566280.
- A plasma telomeric cell-free DNA level in unaffected women with BRCA1 or/and BRCA2 mutations: a pilot study. Dey, S., Marino, N., Bishop, K., Dahlgren, P. N., Shendre, A., Storniolo, A. M., … & Tanaka, H. (2018). Oncotarget, 9(3), 4214.
- Relationships Among Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Plasma Cytokines in African American Women. Denis, G. V., Sebastiani, P., Andrieu, G., Tran, A. H., Strissel, K. J., Lombardi, F. L., & Palmer, J. R. (2017). Obesity, 25(11), 1916-1920.
- Phosphoproteins in extracellular vesicles as candidate markers for breast cancer. Chen, I. H., Xue, L., Hsu, C. C., Paez, J. S. P., Pan, L., Andaluz, H., … & Tao, W. A. (2017). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201618088.
- Normal breast tissue DNA methylation differences at regulatory elements are associated with the cancer risk factor age. Johnson, K. C., Houseman, E. A., King, J. E., & Christensen, B. C. (2017). Breast Cancer Research, 19(1), 81.
- Heterogeneous drug penetrance of veliparib and carboplatin measured in triple negative breast tumors. Bartelink, I. H., Prideaux, B., Krings, G., Wilmes, L., Lee, P. R. E., Bo, P., … & Jones, E. F. (2017). Breast Cancer Research, 19(1), 107.
- DNA methylation age is elevated in breast tissue of healthy women. Sehl, M. E., Henry, J. E., Storniolo, A. M., Ganz, P. A., & Horvath, S. (2017). Breast cancer research and treatment, 164(1), 209-219.
- Association between breast cancer genetic susceptibility variants and terminal duct lobular unit involution of the breast. Bodelon, C., Oh, H., Chatterjee, N., Garcia‐Closas, M., Palakal, M., Sherman, M. E., … & Chicoine, R. E. (2017). International journal of cancer, 140(4), 825-832.
- Applying the Health Belief Model and an Integrated Behavioral Model to Promote Breast Tissue Donation Among Asian Americans. Shafer, A., Kaufhold, K., & Luo, Y. (2017). Health communication, 1-9.
- DNA methylation differences at regulatory elements are associated with the cancer risk factor age in normal breast tissue. Bartelink, I. H., Prideaux, B., Krings, G., Wilmes, L., Lee, P. R. E., Bo, P., … & Jones, E. F. (2017). Breast Cancer Research, 19(1), 107.Johnson, K. C., Houseman, E. A., King, J. E., & Christensen, B. C. (2017). bioRxiv, 101287.
- Alterations in the immune cell composition in premalignant breast tissue that precede breast cancer development. Degnim, A. C., Hoskin, T. L., Arshad, M., Frost, M. H., Winham, S. J., Brahmbhatt, R. A., … & Miller, E. E. (2017). Clinical Cancer Research, 23(14), 3945-3952.
- African American women’s perspectives on donating healthy breast tissue for research: implications for recruitment. Ridley-Merriweather, K. E., & Head, K. J. (2017). Health communication, 32(12), 1571-1580.
Recruitment Flyers and Brochures
KTB minority recruitment booklet in English, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.
Templates
PSA and Social Media approved templates
Informational Videos
Contact Information:
For questions regarding Komen Tissue Bank communications, please contact Kathi Ridley-Merriweather.
If you are with the news media, please email Michael Schug, IU Simon Cancer Center Communications Manager, or call him at (317) 278-0953, or (317) 417-0709.
