Holocaust Survivors at Higher Long-Term Cancer Risk

A new study finds that rates of cancer and cancer-related death are especially high among survivors of the Holocaust.
A research team found that Holocaust survivors who emigrated from Europe following World War II are at higher risk for cancer compared to European Jews who emigrated before the war began.

Much of the difference can be attributed to cancers found among the youngest Holocaust survivors. Specifically, male and female immigrants born in Europe between 1940 and 1945 faced the highest odds of developing breast or colorectal cancers, the researchers found.