new study has shown alcohol causes 10 per cent of cancers in men and 3 per cent of cancers in women in Western Europe.
The results of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study were published in the British Medical Journal this week.
The research suggests the main cancers caused by alcohol are breast, bowel and mouth.
The study took place between 1992 and 2000 and involved about 520,000 randomly selected men and women aged mainly between 35 and 70 from 10 European countries.
Broken down, the figures showed alcohol is linked to the following percentages of cancer incidences:
• Upper digestive tract cancers: 44 per cent (men) and 25 per cent (women)
• Liver cancers: 33 per cent (men) and 18 per cent (women)
• Colorectal cancer: 17 per cent (men) and 4 per cent (women)
• Female breast cancer: 5 per cent
The EPIC researchers concluded that in Western Europe, an important proportion of cases of cancer can be attributable to alcohol consumption, especially consumption higher than the recommended upper limits.
Source: joe.ie
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