The women of Hispanic origin increased risk of breast cancer

The study found that many Hispanic women the same genetic mutation that carry an increased risk of breast cancer, many Jewish women, scientists said, JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association). BRCA1 gene mutation called climbed a 65 percent risk of breast cancer up to 70 years. A study was conducted in Northern California from 1996 to 2005, which was attended by 3,000 women aged 65 years. They found that women with BRCA1 Hispanics made up 3.5 percent compared to 8.3 percent for the Jewish and 2.2 percent for white women. In the Asian and American women mutation by only 0.5 percent and 1.3 percent among black women. Established so the largest percentage of mutations in women of Jewish and Hispanic origin. The researchers suspect that many Spaniards are unconfirmed Jewish roots.