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  • The three cancers Jews need to worry about most-and how to reduce the risks

    Niv Elis|May 5, 2017

    NEW YORK-As if Jews don't have enough to worry about. Geopolitical threats to the Jewish people may wax and wane, but there's another lethal danger particular to the Jewish people that shows no signs of disappearing anytime soon: cancer. Specifically, Jews are at elevated risk for three types of the disease: melanoma, breast cancer and ovarian cancer. The perils are particularly acute for Jewish women. The higher prevalence of these illnesses isn't spread evenly among all Jews. The genetic...