DianaWeb: Before and After Study Online Based Participatory Research to Test Whether Lifestyle and Diet Are Able to Reduce the Incidence of Recurrences (Local, Remote) or Secondary Cancers, Improve Prognosis and Survival of Breast Cancer
DianaWeb is a community-based participatory research (CBPR) offered to Italian breast cancer patients. The aim of the study is the evaluation of effectiveness of a lifestyle and nutrition intervention to improve the prognosis. DianaWeb study utilizes an interactive website - http://www.dianaweb.org/ - to monitor patient life-style, and to obtain clinical, pathological and anthropometric data (height, body weight, waist circumference and blood pressure). Detailed instructions were provided for measuring at home. The website contains theoretical and practical advice to encourage women to follow healthy lifestyles and nutrition, and the indications emerging from research for women diagnosed with breast cancer. DianaWeb study intends to recruit 50.000 women with breast cancer diagnosis.
• Women with breast cancer diagnosis
• Women with breast cancer relapses
• Women with breast cancer metastases
• Women with breast cancer diagnosis even if many years have elapsed since the first diagnosis
• Women with breast cancer diagnosis and other tumors diagnosis
• Women with breast cancer diagnosis and other pathologists that impair cognitive abilities