To cut down on cancer risks if consuming alcohol, The American Cancer Society, recommends cutting down drinks to one daily for women and two daily for men. Alcohol consumption on a daily basis increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx, larynx, and liver in both women and men and also increases the risk of breast cancer in women. The risk elevates after one daily drink for women and two for men.
Oral cancers are six times more common in alcohol users than non alcohol users. About 75 percent to 80 percent of all patients with oral cancer consume alcohol frequently. Smokers who also drink are at much higher risks. Heavy alcohol use is the primary cause of liver cancer. Alcohol alters the liver's ability to metabolize some carcinogenic substances into harmless compounds or to disable certain existing carcinogens. Studies also show a relation between higher risks in breast cancer with alcohol use and the increase risk factor rising with the more drinks consumed daily. Alcohol increases hormones in your body.
1. The association between alcohol use and liver cancer is difficult to interpret, because liver cirrhosis and hepatitis B and C virus infections often confound data (13).
Posted at 7:31AM on Jun 27th 2006 by Jef