A new review of research that looks at the relationship between alcohol consumption and breast cancer has found that low level or moderate drinkers who consume just one drink a day have a 5 per cent increased risk of breast cancer.
The analysis, published in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism, discovered that heavy alcohol consumption, defined as three or more drinks a day, was found to have between a 40 per cent and 50 per cent increased risk of breast cancer.
Overall, alcohol drinking accounts for roughly 5 per cent of breast cancers in Northern Europe and North America and up to 10 per cent in countries such as Italy and France, where drinking alcohol is common among women.
Source: Irish Medical Times, 05/04/2012
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