Study: Holocaust survivors have higher cancer risk

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Courtesy CNN.com - Health  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 8:27am

Many Jews lived through extreme hunger, mental duress and near-death experiences during the Holocaust. Now -- decades after the war -- they face another peril: a higher risk of developing cancer.



 

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