Connect today. Prevent cancer tomorrow.
 

Baylor Scott and White is one of ten national sites selected by the National Cancer Institute to participate in this nationwide study!
 

The Principal Investigator of the Connect Study at BSW is Katherine Sanchez, PhD. She and her team represent the PACER (Patient and Community Engaged Research) Center at the BSW Research Institute and are very eager to be facilitating such groundbreaking work.

What is Connect?

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. If we learn how to prevent cancer, we can lower the number of people who get it.

The Connect for Cancer Prevention Study aims to better understand the causes of cancer and how to better prevent it. We are asking you to join Connect so that we can study the health and behavior patterns that may affect cancer risk.

Together, we can change the future of cancer prevention.

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Who can join Connect?

To join Connect, you must:

  • Be a BSW patient between 30 and 70 years old when you join
  • Have never had cancer (If you have or once had non-melanoma skin cancer, or a condition that raises the risk of getting cancer, you can still join.

Learn more about who can join

Not sure if you're eligible to join?

Please contact the Connect team at Baylor Scott and White:
Phone: 214.865.2427
Email: ConnectStudy@BSWHealth.org

What can a participant expect?

As a Connect participant, you can expect that:

  • We will ask you to share access to your electronic health records (EHRs) when you join the study.
    These records include information about your past, current, or future health status, test results, medical procedures, images (such as x-rays), and medicines you take. Sharing your health records gives researchers a full picture of your health. Seeing the full picture can help us learn what makes some people more likely to get cancer than others.
  • We will reach out to you when you join the study and then a few times each year to ask for updates about your health and information about things like your habits, diet, exercise, and use of alcohol or tobacco.
  • We will also ask you to donate samples of blood, urine, and saliva (biological specimens) when you join the study and every two or three years after.
    These samples provide information about what is going on in your body. Information from different types of samples can help us find health and behavior patterns that may affect cancer risk.
    • The BSW team offers biospecimen collection sites at various BSW locations, including the Sammons Cancer Center and All Saints Hospital. For more information on other locations, please reach out to the Connect team!
  • Connect will go on for many years, because events that may affect cancer risk happen over a lifetime, and most cancers develop later in life. If you join, we hope you take part for many years. The longer you participate, the more we may learn.

Learn more about what to expect on the Connect website


If you choose to participate in Connect, it is important that you continue to follow your healthcare provider’s recommendations for any cancer screening tests, such as colonoscopy or mammography. Missing recommended screening or ignoring symptoms could lead to a delayed diagnosis of cancer. 

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To learn more and join the study, visit the MyConnect Participant Website.

If you have additional questions or need assistance, please contact the BSW Connect Study team at 214.865.2427 or email the team at ConnectStudy@BSWHealth.org.

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