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There is one simple rule to get cancer - move to the United States. Cancer Sufferers include plenty of people who have moved to the US from other countries.






According to the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine the change in the environment and lifestyle make people more likely to develop cancer. The risk of cancer for Hispanics who lived in Florida increases by 40 percent than for those who lived in their origin countries. In addition to that, cancer of the colon and rectum is doubled in Cubans and Mexicans after moving to the USA. Mexican and Puerto Rican women are twice as much more likely to suffer from lung cancer than in their countries of origin.

Different ethnic groups face different risks because of the inherited predispositions, lifestyle or range of environmental factors. Hispanics are advised to avoid unhealthy lifestyle choices Americans make, such as drinking, smoking and unhealthy diets.


Added by: mary not connected with health care system
Added on: 2009-08-17 10:45:08 , Updated: 2009-08-17 10:47:32
Bibliography: www.livescience.com

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