Epidemiologic studies indicate that moderate alcohol consumption increases breast cancer
risk in women. Understanding the mechanistic basis of this relationship has important …

Alcohol consumption by adult women is consistently associated with risk of breast cancer.
Several questions regarding alcohol and breast cancer need to be addressed. Menarche to …

Context Consumption of alcoholic beverages is one of the single most important known and
modifiable risk factor for human cancer. Among women, breast cancer is the most common …

The association of alcohol consumption with increased risk for breast cancer has been a
consistent finding in a majority of epidemiologic studies during the past 2 decades. Herein …

The objective of this study was to outline the biological pathways of alcohol‐attributable
breast cancer, the epidemiological risk relationship between alcohol consumption and …

We evaluated current and past alcohol consumption prospectively in relation to breast
cancer risk among 116,671 women ages 25–42 years old at enrollment in 1989. During 6 …

Moderate alcohol consumption has been linked to an approximate 30%–50% increased risk
in breast cancer. Case-control and cohort studies have consistently observed this modest …

PURPOSE: Moderate alcohol intake of one to two drinks per day has been consistently
associated with a 30–50% increase in breast cancer. Despite the consistency in the overall …

Epidemiological studies have been used to show associations between modifiable lifestyle
habits and the incidence of breast cancer. Among such factors, a history of alcohol use has …

Aims: To update epidemiological data on alcohol and breast cancer, with special emphasis
on light alcohol consumption, and to review mechanisms of alcohol mediated mammary …