What causes female teachers to get more cancer than other women?

The California Teacher’s Study (CTS) is one of the largest long-term studies ever conducted and is important for all women in California. 

It follows 133,479 female public school teachers and administrators over decades to uncover the causes behind the cancer risks they face, including melanoma, lymphoma, breast, ovarian, and thyroid cancers.  It also seeks to discover why they also develop less cervical and lung cancers.

By carefully tracking diet, alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity, medication use, heredity, environmental exposures, and even soda consumption, researchers aim to identify and test suspected reasons why teachers develop some cancers more than comparable women in California who are not teachers. 

This study allows scientists to see changes as they emerge over time and allow them to compare age, racial, ethnic, or geographic differences in trying to determine how cancer affects women in California. 

With each year that passes, the scientific value of the CTS to the women of California increases. The outcomes of this study will provide invaluable insights into how to prevent cancer before it begins.  Your support is vital to keeping cutting edge research like this in the field.

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