Hispanic Women Have Highest Breast Cancer Risk

Hispanic women in the USA have the highest risk of developing breast cancer while Asian American women have the lowest. A study of many US racial and ethnic groups found that Hispanic 3.5% of Hispanic women who were examined have the BRCA1 gene mutation which is linked to breast cancer, while the prevalence for Asian women in the USA is 0. [click link for full article] Read more at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/92693.php.