Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose–response meta-analysis

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Authors

Vincenzo Bagnardi · University of Milano-Bicocca

Matteo Rota · University of Milano-Bicocca

Edoardo Botteri · Ripamonti

Irene Tramacere · Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Farhad Islami · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Veronika Fedirko · Emory University

Lorenza Scotti

Abstract

Alcohol increases risk of cancer of oral cavity and pharynx, oesophagus, colorectum, liver, larynx and female breast. There is accumulating evidence that alcohol drinking is associated with some other cancers such as pancreas and prostate cancer and melanoma.

Topics & Keywords

Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Nutritional Studies and Diet Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: British Journal of Cancer

Volume 112, Issue 3, pp. 580-593

DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.579

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