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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Breast cancer risk for Hispanic women increases with length of residency in U.S.
February 14th, 2006
Breast cancer risk for Hispanic women increases with length of residency in the United States. According to investigators at the Northern California Cancer Center in Fremont, "Migrant studies have shown that breast cancer risk increases in women who move from countries with low incidence rates to countries with high rates. We examined the influence of migration history and acculturation on breast cancer risk in Hispanic women ages 35 to 79 years." "In a population-based case-control study conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area, information on migration history, language usage, and other risk factors for breast cancer was collected through an...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-02-14)
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