There is growing research pointing towards alcohol intake and cancer-especially in women. The recommended allowance daily is one alcoholic beverage for women, and two for men. Download Alcohol cancer .
A look at data for over 1 million women in the UK indicates that drinking alcohol -- even low amounts -- increases the risk of certain cancers in women.
According to the data released today, about 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper respiratory/gastrointestinal system may be related to alcohol use.
In their analysis of 1,280,296 middle-aged women from the so-called Million Women Study, Dr. Naomi E. Allen and colleagues from the University of Oxford found that 24 percent of participants reported no alcohol consumption. Women in the study who did drink alcohol consumed, on average, one drink per day. Very few drank three or more drinks per day.
During an average follow-up time of more than 7 years, 68,775 women were diagnosed with cancer. Read more.
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