Help us under­stand how breast can­cer affects brain function—while learn­ing more about your own brain!

We’re invit­ing breast can­cer sur­vivors AND healthy women to par­tic­i­pate in a 100% online study that explores brain func­tion, diet, and well-being after can­cer. This research is part of the Nation­al Doc­tor­al Edu­ca­tion Pilot in Pre­ci­sion Can­cer Med­i­cine, fund­ed by the Finnish Min­istry of Edu­ca­tion and Culture.

What’s Involved?

💡 Engage in brain tests to assess your think­ing skills
🥗 Track your food intake for a bet­ter under­stand­ing of your diet
😴 Answer dif­fer­ent well-being ques­tion­naires (sleep, mood, phys­i­cal activity…)

Why Join?

• Get per­son­al­ized feed­back on your brain per­for­mance, diet, and well-being
• Help advance can­cer research and sup­port breast can­cer survivors
• Con­ve­nient & flex­i­ble: All tasks are online, avail­able on any device

How Does It Work?

📅 20 short ses­sions (~15 min each) over 12 months (every 3 months, spread over a week)
🖥️ 100% online—par­tic­i­pate from anywhere!
🔗 Sign up in min­utes: Click here to check your eli­gi­bil­i­ty & get started

If you’re eli­gi­ble, our team will reach out with fur­ther details. Do you have a sis­ter, cousin, friend, or some­one close to you who might also be inter­est­ed? Invite them to join and share this expe­ri­ence together!

About the project: 

Beyond the com­mon symp­toms induced by can­cer treat­ments com­mon­ly expe­ri­enced (e.g., nau­sea, fatigue…), some symp­toms can per­sist even months after the end of their treat­ment. Many sur­vivors have report­ed dizzi­ness, dif­fi­cul­ty in atten­tion and con­cen­tra­tion, or brief loss of mem­o­ry. All of these relate to the brain and to what is called « cog­ni­tive func­tions ». These func­tions are essen­tial in your every­day life: they allow you to recall where you put your keys, solve puz­zles, or focus on a task. In this study, we want to fol­low your cog­ni­tive func­tions through dif­fer­ent tasks mea­sur­ing atten­tion, speed pro­cess­ing, and memory.

This project aims to explore how brain func­tion is affect­ed after breast can­cer and how these changes impact sur­vivors’ lives com­pared to indi­vid­u­als with­out can­cer. The study involves par­tic­i­pants with and with­out a his­to­ry of can­cer from Fin­land and France and will fol­low them over one year using online materials.

Con­tact per­sons: Manon Chédev­ille & Jonathan Ray at grp-lumina[at]helsinki.fi
Study FAQs

Join Our Study on Food Val­u­a­tion and Earn €15!

We are invit­ing par­tic­i­pants to take part in an excit­ing online study that explores the val­ue peo­ple asso­ciate with var­i­ous com­mon food snacks. This research is designed to under­stand eat­ing behav­iors and how they might change under dif­fer­ent conditions.

What’s Involved?

• Ses­sion 1: Start the task nei­ther hun­gry nor full (at least 1 hour fast­ed). You’ll rate pic­tures of food on a com­put­er screen and answer ques­tion­naires for approx­i­mate­ly 1.5 hours.
• Ses­sion 2: Begin the task after fast­ing for at least 4 hours. You’ll bid on the same food items for 30 minutes.
• Final Step: Vis­it our facil­i­ties for a 10–15 minute body measurement.

Why Join?

• Com­pen­sa­tion: Earn €15 (tax­able income) for your participation.
• Con­ve­nience: 2/3 ses­sions are con­duct­ed online, so you can par­tic­i­pate from the com­fort of your home.
• Con­tri­bu­tion: Help advance our under­stand­ing of food pref­er­ences and con­tribute to impor­tant research.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty Criteria:

• Aged 18–45 years
• Res­i­dent of Fin­land for at least 5 years
• Flu­ent in English
• No seri­ous med­ical or psy­chi­atric con­di­tions (e.g., can­cer), chron­ic back pain, visu­al impair­ments, or col­or blindness
• No dietary restric­tions, food aller­gies, or sensitivities
• No implant­ed med­ical devices (e.g., pacemaker)
• No advanced degrees in nutri­tion (e.g., Master’s or equivalent)
• Smok­ing less than 20 cig­a­rettes a week or using nico­tine patch­es (snus)

How to Par­tic­i­pate: If you’re inter­est­ed in par­tic­i­pat­ing, please com­plete this sur­vey. If you are eli­gi­ble, you will get an email with all the infor­ma­tion to com­plete the study.

Do you know some­one who might also be inter­est­ed? Feel free to share this oppor­tu­ni­ty with them!

Con­tact per­son: Arsene Kanyamib­wa at arsene.kanyamibwa[at]helsinki.fi