Alcohol caused a significant burden of cancer in eight countries in Western Europe

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Almost one in ten (9.6%) Cancer in men and three in ten (3%) Types of cancer Inwomen in Western Europe is caused by former and current Alcoholconsumption, a paper is now published on bmj.com.

The study focuses on France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Greece, Germany and Denmark.

The authors, led by Madlen shooter at the German Institute for human nutrition in Potsdam deer bridge, argue that a significant proportion (40 to98%) of alcohol caused occurred to cancer in individuals, a day when women drink the Drankmore as the recommended guidelines of upper limits of the two standard Drinksa day in men and a standard. (A standard Drinkcontains of 12 g alcohol and is 125 ml glass of wine or Ahalf pint beer).

These results are based on risk estimates of the European ProspectiveInvestigation in cancer (EPIC) study and representative Alcoholconsumption compiled data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The EPIC study 363,988 were men and women, especially in the age between 35 and 70years at the time of the setting for cancer followed since the mid1990s. The participants completed a detailed questionnaire on diet Andlifestyle when entering the study. Alcohol consumption was measured Byspecific questions on the frequency and type of drink, that Wasconsumed currently and in the past.

After is the International Agency for research on cancer (IARC) of TheWHO a causal link between alcohol consumption and cancers of Theliver, female breast, Colorectum and upper digestive tract. Totalalcohol consumption or the fraction of cases of Alcoholconsumption of the recommended upper limit caused Datahad not on the number of cases were however linked.

The study calculated that in 2008, current and former alcohol Consumptionby men was in charge of about 57.600 cases of cancer of the Upperdigestive tract, Colorectum and liver in Denmark, Greece, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Half of these cases (33,000) more than two alcoholic beverages per day caused more than Bydrinking.

Drinking of alcohol by women in the eight countries caused more than 80% (17,400) due to the consumption of more than a Ofbeer drink, wine or spirits per day 500cases who was Colorectum, upper gastrointestinal, liver and breast cancer, of which about 21.

"Our data show that many cases can be avoided, have drink per day for women who are the recommendations of the Manyhealth organisations, if Alcoholconsumption is limited to two alcoholic drinks per day for men and Onealcoholic" Madlen says Schütze, first author of the study of Andepidemiologist at the German Institute for human nutrition in Potsdam deer bridge. "And prevent more cancers Ifpeople would reduce their alcohol consumption to recommended guidelines Orstopped ever drink alcohol."

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British medical journal