Severe hunger increases breast cancer risk in war survivors

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/w-shi092612.php

Public release date: 26-Sep-2012
Contact: Annette Whibley

Jewish women who were severely exposed to hunger during World War Two were five times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who were mildly exposed, according to research in the October issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

The study also found that women who were up to seven-years-old during that period had a three times higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who were aged 14 years or over.

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