Breast Cancer Risks Increases With Alcohol Intake

According to new research, women who consume one alcoholic beverage per day increase their chance of developing a variety of breast cancers. Experts have suspected that alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer. The new research indicates it is most strongly linked to certain breast tumor types.

The study followed nearly 88,000 postmenopausal American women who participated in “Women’s Health Initiative study,’ between the years of 1993 and 1998. The women did not give information on the amount of alcohol they consumed during different points in their life; instead, they reported how much alcohol they consumed at one point in time. As a result it was determined that women who had seven or more drinks per week were more at risk of breast cancer. This is a result in comparison to women who did not consume any alcohol.

Dr. Christopher Li, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle, WA reported that he risk of tumors by 8 per cent per drink per day.

Alcohol consumption was also reportedly connected with an increased risk for noninvasive breast cancers, but not for invasive tumors.

Dr. Jay Brooks, from the Ochsner Health System in Louisiana, reported that women need to be advised of the risk they are taking by consuming alcohol. He went on to say that each woman needs to make a decision as to the importance of alcohol in her life. The recent study shows the obvious relationship between alcohol consumption and breast cancer.