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Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy may increase offspring's risk.
2002 NOV 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who drink moderate-to-high quantities of alcohol during pregnancy could be contributing to an increased risk of breast cancer among their daughters, according to a study presented at the first annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting conducted by the American Association for Cancer Research.
"Our earlier studies have shown that what a mother eats during her pregnancy may affect her daughter's future risk of breast cancer," said Dr. Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, professor of oncology and director of tumor biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and senior investigator of the study. Diet can increase circulating estrogen levels; high in utero estrogen levels increase breast cancer risk by making the developing breast cells vulnerable to later events that can turn them malignant. Since alcohol increases both estrogens in the blood as well as breast cancer risk, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center wondered whether alcohol exposure in utero through a pregnant mother affects breast cancer risk.
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