Alcohol is related to incidence in cancer cases

• April 20, 2024

One in 10 cancers in men, and 1 in every 33 women, in Western Europe could be caused by the alcohol consumption , according to a new study published by the medical journal British Medical Journal.

The research studied information on more than 100 thousand men, and more than 200 thousand women in 8 European countries, between 37 to 70 years of age.

The results indicate that between men and women, there is a 10% and 3% incidence of cancer, respectively, attributable to current or past consumption of alcohol.

The percentage of incidence was higher in certain types of cancer, with 44% in men and 25% in women in cancers of the aerodigestive tract upper (cancer of tongue, gum, mouth, larynx, among others), 33% and 18% in liver cancer, 17% and 4% in colorectal cancer in men and women respectively, and 5% of breast cancer in women.

Experts believe that a higher consumption of alcohol than the recommended, that is, two glasses of alcohol daily in men and 1 for women, is associated with cases of Cancer both in women and men.

The evidence suggests that government authorities should make efforts to reduce the consumption of alcohol and so try to reduce the number of cases of Cancer in the population.

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