How white women's lifestyles raise breast cancer risk: Alcohol and decision not to breastfeed blamed

HEALTH: White women are at more risk of getting breast cancer than those who are black or Asian because they are less likely to breastfeed and more likely to drink alcohol, researchers claim. A study has revealed that white women in England have the highest rates of the disease.

But it warns that younger women from Asian and black communities could catch up as their lifestyles become more westernised. Researchers from Oxford University and Oxford University NHS Trust examined data on the living habits and medical and social factors of more than one million women aged 50 to 64 in England.