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Alcohol Drinking Raises The Risk Of Breast Cancer, Study Says

Built by Teresita C. Tayanes on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

A US study has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The research found that women who had one to two small drinks a day were 32 percent more likely to develop a hormone-sensitive tumor. Three or more drinks a day raised the risk by 51 percent, said Jasmine Lew, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute and the study’s lead investigator.



” Regardless of the type of alcohol, the risk was evident,” said Lew, who presented the findings before the American Association for Cancer Research. The study also said that about 70 percent of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have tumors that are positive for both the estrogen and progesterone receptors.

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