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Drinking increases risk.(breast cancer)
2003 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Every drink a woman takes increases her chances of developing breast cancer. But researchers have cleared away the confusion over whether it's the cigarette she smokes along with the drink that leads to the cancer.
Now scientists are sure that it is the alcohol that matters, according to a report in the British Journal of Cancer (87:1234-1245).
The number of women developing breast cancer is increasing each year, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2002, more than 203,000 women were predicted to be diagnosed with the disease. In 2001 it was 192,000 women.
Part of the increase is due to the aging of the population; breast cancer rates increase with age. But there is also a real increase in the rate of breast cancer for all women.
There are many risk factors other than age. Hormone replacement therapy and obesity are two risk factors that women can control. Another is alcohol consumption. For several years, it has been thought that drinking increases a woman's risk of breast cancer.
But past studies haven't been consistent. Also, because smoking often accompanies drinking, researcher haven't been sure that alcohol was the most important factor.
The study, led by researchers from Cancer Research U.K., in Oxford, included dozens of the most prestigious researchers from around the world to look into the causes of cancer. Their report reviewed the results of 65 separate studies, involving nearly 200,000 women.
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