Does Our Background Affect Cancer Risk?

I came across a new report by Cancer Research UK scientists who published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, a study revealing a person’s risk of developing some cancers is affected by how they grew up. My mother died at an early age from stomach cancer and it was interesting to think back on her childhood and how she and her family lived.

They based their report on 22 studies and found that people who were brought up in the poorest housing conditions and those whose fathers had a low-status job, had a higher risk of developing and dying …read more