Sister Study Volunteers
LOIS CATRAMBONE
Lois Catrambone
Seventy-three-year-old Lois Catrambone is still teaching and also doing what she can to help spread the word about the Sister Study. After losing a sister to breast cancer in 2002, she decided, "I couldn't do anything to help her get well, but maybe this is something I could do now."
Catrambone, who lives in the Chicago area, not only joined the study, but
is also urging others to join. "I didn't expect to get as involved in it as
I am," she said. Catrambone carries brochures with her about the study,
distributing them whenever she can. She also sets up tables at local hospitals
during various events and has visited senior centers and church groups to spread
awareness and invite more seniors to participate.
"I wanted to take it one step further," Catrambone said. "Not
to minimize in any way research for a cure, (but) this is the only study that
I know that focused on cause," she said.