Share of Cost, Light Drinking Can Raise Breast Cancer Likelihood

Thursday, Jul. 5th 2012 9:17 AM

The journal Alcohol and Alcoholism has published a new review of studies that have researched the association between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. The findings revealed that the risk of breast cancer rises by 5% for low level or moderate drinkers, i.e. women who have one drink per day, whilst the risk for those who consume three or more drinks daily (heavy consumption) is 40-50% higher.

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