Jewish Family Services Educational Series will present an informative discussion about the increased risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Jewish Women, Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Jewish Educational Alliance. C. Shai Huffard-King, MS, CGC, a Genetic Counselor will lead the discussion which will include Dr. James J. Burke, II, MD and Dr. Ray Rudolph, MD.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Everyone has some risk to develop cancer. Most people know that the common risk factors for cancer include advancing age, high fat diets, exposure to smoke, hormones, certain viruses, etc. Of course, many of these risk factors we can limit or avoid.

However, there are some risk factors that we have no control over, and one of these is our gene composition and this results in individuals and ethnic groups (including Ashkeanzi Jews) that are at higher risk than others.