In 2016, alcohol consumption was one of the leading risk factors for cancer development
and cancer death globally, causing an estimated 376 200 cancer deaths, representing 4.2 …

Background While current research is largely consistent as to the harms of heavy drinking in
terms of both cancer incidence and mortality, there are disparate messages regarding the …

Alcohol, especially in combination with smoking, is a well-established risk factor for cancers
of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, and larynx, with 25% to 80% of these cancers …

The purpose of the present review is to give an overview of the association between alcohol
intake and the risk of developing cancer. Two large-scale expert reports; the World Cancer …

Background Although more restrictive alcohol control policies (eg, higher alcohol taxes) are
related to lower levels of alcohol consumption, little is known about the relationship between …

The IARC Perspective on Alcohol Reduction or Cessation and Cancer Risk | New England
Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage …

Recent epidemiologic data continue to support alcoholic beverage consumption as a cause
of cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, and liver. The effect of a given alcohol …

Data are lacking regarding the association of alcohol consumption with a broad range of
other cancer risk factors. Objectives:(i) to assess which sociodemographic, lifestyle and …

Alcohol drinking increases the risk of several types of cancer, but studies of the relation
between alcohol and lung cancer risk are complicated by smoking. The authors carried out …

Purpose Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking increase the risk of developing several
cancers. We examined the individual and synergistic effects of these modifiable lifestyle …