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Friday, August 3, 2007

World's Largest Diet-Cancer Study Confirms Current Advice On Alcohol


Experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) welcomed the latest results from the world's largest study on diet and cancer. The new results, published online at the International Journal of Cancer, link alcohol consumption to an increased risk of colon cancer.

According to the study, those participants who reported consuming three or more alcoholic drinks per day had a 26 percent higher lifetime risk of colon cancers than non-drinkers. Smaller increases in risk were observed among those whose alcohol consumption was as low as one drink per day, underscoring the fact that alcohol is a significant risk factor for colon cancer.
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