Moving beyond the “health halo” of alcohol: what will it take to achieve population awareness of the cancer risks of alcohol?

JL Hay, MT Kiviniemi, H Orom, EA Waters - … Epidemiology, Biomarkers & …, 2023 - AACR
We discuss the implications of Seidenberg and colleagues' report confirming low levels of
accurate awareness of the cancer harms associated with alcohol use, including wine, beer …

Do beliefs about alcohol and cancer risk vary by alcoholic beverage type and heart disease risk beliefs?

AB Seidenberg, KP Wiseman, WMP Klein - … Epidemiology, Biomarkers & …, 2023 - AACR
Background: Alcohol is a leading risk factor for cancer, yet awareness of the alcohol–cancer
link is low. Awareness may be influenced by perceptions of potential health benefits of …

[HTML][HTML] Limitations in American adults' awareness of and beliefs about alcohol as a risk factor for cancer

MT Kiviniemi, H Orom, JL Hay, EA Waters - Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Alcohol is a carcinogen. Recommendations to reduce alcohol use to lower cancer risk are
increasingly common. However, neither the beliefs of US adults about alcohol consumption …

Awareness of alcohol as a carcinogen and support for alcohol control policies

AB Seidenberg, KP Wiseman, RH Eck, KD Blake… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Alcohol use increases cancer risk, yet awareness of this association is low.
Alcohol control policies have the potential to reduce alcohol-caused cancer morbidity and …

Awareness of the link between alcohol consumption and cancer across the world: a review

JK Scheideler, WMP Klein - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2018 - AACR
Abstract Since 1988, the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified alcohol
as a Group 1 carcinogen, the highest level of risk. Growing evidence suggests that alcohol …

Alcohol and cancer: existing knowledge and evidence gaps across the cancer continuum

SM Gapstur, EV Bandera, DH Jernigan… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2022 - AACR
Alcoholic beverages are carcinogenic to humans. Globally, an estimated 4.1% of new
cancer cases in 2020 were attributable to alcoholic beverages. However, the full cancer …

Epidemiology of alcohol-associated cancers

LM Brown - Alcohol, 2005 - Elsevier
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 …

Alcohol consumption. A leading risk factor for cancer

J Rehm, KD Shield, E Weiderpass - Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Alcohol and cancer risk: clinical and research implications

WMP Klein, PB Jacobsen, KJ Helzlsouer - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Ample evidencehas been available for some time indicating that alcohol use is a
preventable risk factor for cancer, and the World Health Organization deemed alcohol a …

Evaluating correlates of awareness of the association between drinking too much alcohol and cancer risk in the United States

KP Wiseman, WMP Klein - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2019 - AACR
Background: Awareness that alcohol consumption is associated with cancer is low in the
United States, and predictors of awareness are not well understood. Methods: Data from the …