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Curbing your drinking? This number of drinks raises colon cancer risk
Heavy drinking of 14+ drinks weekly raises colorectal cancer risk by 25% and rectal cancer by 95%, while quitting may reduce risk, researchers found.
- A US study analysing PLCO trial data found consuming 14 or more drinks weekly linked to a 25 per cent higher colorectal cancer risk and 95 per cent higher rectal cancer risk.
- Researchers noted biological mechanisms, saying alcohol produces acetaldehyde, a carcinogen causing DNA mutation and oxidative stress, and moderate drinking defined as seven to less than 14 drinks per week.
- Despite higher lifetime consumption linking to greater risk, moderate drinkers had lower risk than heavy drinkers, and people consuming no more than one drink weekly showed no increased risk.
- Federal health officials now advise people to `consume less alcohol`, and study authors urged reducing intake across adulthood to lower bowel cancer risk, while earlier this month the American Cancer Society reported colorectal cancer leads deaths under 50.
- Experts say many cases are preventable and list heavy drinking, smoking, obesity and diets high in processed meat as risk factors, estimating more than half of cases are preventable.
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