More evidence links alcohol, cancer in women

busterb · 02-24-2009, 06:38 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - A study of nearly 1.3 million British women offers yet more evidence that moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of a handful of cancers. British researchers surveyed middle-aged women at breast cancer screening clinics about their drinking habits, and tracked their health for seven years.

A quarter of the women reported no alcohol use. Nearly all the rest reported fewer than three drinks a day; the average was one drink a day. Researchers compared the lightest drinkers - two or fewer drinks a week - with people who drank more.

Each extra drink per day increased the risk of breast, rectal and liver cancer, University of Oxford researchers reported Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The type of alcohol - wine, beer or liquor - didn't matter.

That supports earlier research, but the new wrinkle: Alcohol consumption was linked to esophageal and oral cancers only when smokers drank.

Also, moderate drinkers actually had a lower risk of thyroid cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and renal cell cancer.

Aliantha · 02-24-2009, 08:15 PM

And sometimes even if you're a tea totaller you die of cancer anyway.

The more research they do on cancer, the more conflicting evidence those studies turn up.

It's hard to know what to believe anymore.

busterb · 02-24-2009, 08:24 PM

Right on. Just like the report on vitamins last week. And the web tells me to avoid beer for gout. WTF. Are they nuts?

02-24-2009, 06:38 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	More evidence links alcohol, cancer in women WASHINGTON (AP) - A study of nearly 1.3 million British women offers yet more evidence that moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of a handful of cancers. British researchers surveyed middle-aged women at breast cancer screening clinics about their drinking habits, and tracked their health for seven years. A quarter of the women reported no alcohol use. Nearly all the rest reported fewer than three drinks a day; the average was one drink a day. Researchers compared the lightest drinkers - two or fewer drinks a week - with people who drank more. Each extra drink per day increased the risk of breast, rectal and liver cancer, University of Oxford researchers reported Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The type of alcohol - wine, beer or liquor - didn't matter. That supports earlier research, but the new wrinkle: Alcohol consumption was linked to esophageal and oral cancers only when smokers drank. Also, moderate drinkers actually had a lower risk of thyroid cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and renal cell cancer. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

02-24-2009, 08:15 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	And sometimes even if you're a tea totaller you die of cancer anyway. The more research they do on cancer, the more conflicting evidence those studies turn up. It's hard to know what to believe anymore. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-24-2009, 08:24 PM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Right on. Just like the report on vitamins last week. And the web tells me to avoid beer for gout. WTF. Are they nuts? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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