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"Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States,” Murthy said in a statement ...
[87] However, studies on the relationship between alcohol consumption and lung cancer have yielded conflicting results. Studies are typically impacted by confounding due to factors like smoking which is one of the most significant risk factors for the development of lung cancer. The association of alcohol consumption with lung cancer is unclear ...
How does drinking compare to other factors that increase cancer risk? Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco and obesity, according to the surgeon ...
The advisory cites alcohol as the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S. after tobacco and obesity and notes that there are about 20,000 alcohol-related cancer deaths in the country ...
[11] [12] Using alcohol, especially together with tobacco, is a major risk factor for head and neck cancer. 72% of head and neck cancer cases are caused by using both alcohol and tobacco. [40] This rises to 89% when looking specifically at laryngeal cancer. [41] Health risks of alcohol consumption
Worldwide, alcohol consumption causes approximately 144,000 women to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year. [3] Approximately 38,000 women die from alcohol-induced breast cancer each year. [ 3 ] About 80% of these women were heavy or moderate drinkers.
"The direct link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk is well-established for at least seven types of cancer ...regardless of the type of alcohol (e.g., beer, wine, and spirits) that is ...
[5] [6] An increase of alcohol intake by ~20 g ethanol/day will raise the PEth 16:0/18:1 concentration by ~0.10 μmol/L, and vice versa if the alcohol consumption has decreased. However, it has been demonstrated that there can be significant inter-personal variation, leading to potential misclassification between moderate and heavy drinkers. [ 7 ]