Hi guys, Dr John here again

In the islands of Okinawa off the southern end of Japan, six in 100,000 of the traditional living Okinawan women die from breast cancer.  In Australia and the USA, approx 10,000 in 100,000 women develop breast cancer and between one third and half of these women die from the disease.

Why the difference ?   Is it genetics ?     No, it doesn’t appear to be because of the migration studies of Japanese women to the USA ….   within 2 generations, their risk of breast cancer becomes the same as that of Caucasian women  ….

So what IS the difference ?   You tell me.

I can't say I'm educated on this topic but what the heck, I'll throw my two bits worth in anyhow! I'm Aussie after all!

One would need to look at the changes to their life. Moving to a well populated place from a remote place.... There's pollution, change in diet (would no doubt not have previously eaten preservatives or artificial colours and flavours, flavour enhancers and all the other strange chemicals thrown into food these days) and there may very well be stress and faster paced life issues to consider. So I guess what I'm saying is.... the reason for the increase in the incidence of cancer may be modern living.....

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