A report by the medical group United European Gastroenterology (UEG) found that, although Irish people drink a “moderate” 1.9 alcoholic drinks a day — the average amount for the EU28 as a whole — this still greatly increases the risk of contracting a range of different cancers.
For example, even light drinking of up to one alcoholic drink a day carries an increased risk of oesophageal cancer. Consuming between one and four alcoholic drinks a day increases the risk of bowel cancer by as much as 21% while taking four or more alcoholic drinks a day is linked to an increased risk of liver, gastric, and pancreatic cancer.
Taken together, these are the five most common digestive cancers and cause almost 3m deaths every year around the world — one third of the total global cancer deaths.
Source: Conall Ó Fátharta,The Irish Examiner, 06/07/17
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