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10-02-2011, 07:11 PM
In the USA breast cancer incidence is the highest in the world, at 128.6 cases per 100,000 Caucasian women, and 112.6 per 100,000 African Americans. In the UK breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer, and women over 50 years are at the highest risk. Each year in the UK approximately 47,000 women are diagnosed with the disease and around 341 men...

More... (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235353.php)

Jackie07
10-03-2011, 12:53 PM
That statistic looks a little bit strange. Here's the link to the data provided by WHO:

http://www.who.int/en/

Jackie07
10-03-2011, 01:05 PM
Well, the number provided by WHO is quite old. I guess the key point of the article is:

Nutrigenomics is a new scientific field that combines genetics and nutrition (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160774.php) in order to identify how the food we eat, or bioactive food molecules affect our genes. It is suggested that eating foods that have a nutrigenomic effect will cause certain genes to switch on or off.

Vegies, vegies, vegies...

Jackie07
10-03-2011, 03:51 PM
Here's the most recent stats:

http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html

Jackie07
10-03-2011, 03:55 PM
Back to the topic (how to reduce your risk):

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235353.php