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 …

Epidemiologic studies of the relationship of alcohol consumption and breast cancer are
generally in support of a direct association, although they are not entirely consistent. Studies …

The objective was to evaluate the association between alcohol consumption and risk of
breast cancer. Data from 38 epidemiologic studies on alcohol consumption in relation to risk …

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 …

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 …

There are lingering questions regarding the relation between alcohol consumption and
breast cancer risk in women. The authors performed a meta-analysis of epidemiologic …

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 …

Objective.—To assess the risk of invasive breast cancer associated with total and beverage-
specific alcohol consumption and to evaluate whether dietary and nondietary factors modify …

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

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 …