Drinking beer, wine and spirits accounted for about 3.5 per cent of all cancer deaths in the U.S., a finding that makes alcohol consumption a leading preventable cause of cancer deaths, according to a new report. For breast cancer deaths, 15 per cent were related to alcohol consumption, researchers said in the American Journal of Public Health. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Nelson DE, et al. Alcohol-Attributable Cancer Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2013 Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23409916
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