A new study developed at the Oxford University has shown a link between breast cancer and alcohol consumption. Over 1.2 million women were involved in this study that lasted an average of seven years. The study has shown that every alcoholic drink that was consumed on a daily basis beyond the recommended limit caused cancer to occur in 15 out of 1000 women. This risk increased significantly from a previous study that showed only 6 out of 1000 women could have cancer for every extra alcoholic drink consumed.

In regards to breast cancer, the study found than an extra 11 cases of breast cancer were found for every 1000 women who consumed an extra alcoholic beverage.

These findings are in support of several countries who are admitting that all alcohol consumption can be an attributing factor to cancer. Recently the French Health Ministry issued a warning that consuming of any type of alcohol, including wine, could lead to the development of cancer by an increase of 168 percent.

In 2007, the recommended alcoholic limit was proposed to be changed to no more than two alcoholic drinks per day for both genders. There has been a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that found that all types of excessive alcohol increased the risk of cancer; whether it is beer, wine or spirits.

So does this means that in order to ensure breast cancer does not become a part of your medical history you need to give up drinking any and all alcoholic beverages all together? For more information about Alcohol and Breast cancer studies, visit the Cancer Battlefield Blog.

Author: Yanick Bertand Ph.D.

Yanick Bertand PhD has a passion to educate people in the fight against cancer. Through his many years of research on biological impacts to cancer, Yanick Bertand has discovered that a reaction occurs when we fight cancer with nutritional elements – such as the food that we eat. In his research on the fight against cancer, Yanick has come across critical information that is not known by the general public. It is Yanick’s desire to educate the public on how they can help fight cancer.

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