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Reducing consumption or stopping drinking altogether can decrease the risk of developing alcohol-related cancers by 8%, and for any cancer by 4%, the report said.
"Ninety-seven thousand cancer cases every year can be attributed to alcohol consumption. That's a big number." Researchers studied 2019 data on 30 types of cancer in Americans over 30 that were ...
Further, the report states that alcohol consumption leads to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer-related deaths in the U.S. each year, making it the third leading preventable cause of cancer ...
[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 ...
According to a new public health advisory from Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, alcohol consumption is directly linked to an increased risk of several types of cancer, making it one of the ...
A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors expressed their agreement. For people wondering about the long-term damage ...
Out of all the modifiable risk factors associated with cancer, the report highlighted excessive alcohol use as one with a strong impact: 5.4% of all cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S. in 2019 were ...
More specifically, as the AACR extrapolates, stopping drinking or reducing your alcohol intake can reduce your risk of alcohol-related cancers by 8%, and lower your risk of any form of cancer by 4 ...