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 alcohol-breast cancer hypothesis is important because (1) breast cancer is a major
source of morbidity and mortality,(2) alcohol consumption is common, and (3) drinking is …

Globally, more than 2 million new cases of breast cancer are reported annually. The United
States alone has more than 496,000 new cases every year. The worldwide prevalence is …

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 biology of breast cancer is not well understood (1). Based on what is known or
suspected, there is no compelling biologic reason to believe that alcohol consumption might …

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 …

Epidemiologic studies addressing the association of alcohol consumption with breast cancer
consistently suggest a modest association and a dose-response relationship. The …

Little is known about the association between alcohol and breast cancer by different tumor
characteristics. The study consisted of 184,418 postmenopausal women aged 50–71 years …

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, and it is second
among cancer deaths in women. Results of most epidemiologic studies, as well as of most …

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