{"id":121,"date":"2015-11-01T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaydub.cms-devl.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2015\/01\/01\/two-prospective-cohort-studies-indicate-association-between-alcohol-consumption-and-cancer\/"},"modified":"2017-01-31T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T16:44:49","slug":"two-prospective-cohort-studies-indicate-association-between-alcohol-consumption-and-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2015\/11\/01\/two-prospective-cohort-studies-indicate-association-between-alcohol-consumption-and-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Prospective  Cohort Studies Indicate Association between Alcohol Consumption and Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"research-summary-body\">\n                    <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"contents\" --><\/p>\n<p>Researchers  evaluated the association of alcohol consumption over many years with the risk  of cancer based on data from two very large US cohort studies, the Nurses\u2019  Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men  reporting an average intake of \u2265 15 g of alcohol in a day had an increased risk  of alcohol-related cancers (relative risk [RR], 1.06 (95% CI: 0.98\u20131.15).<\/li>\n<li>In  non-smoking women, even an average consumption of 5.0\u201314.9 g of alcohol in a  day (the equivalent of \u00bd \u2013 1 \u00bd typical drinks) was associated with a slight  increase in total cancer risk, primarily from an increase in the risk of breast  cancer (RR, 1.04 (CI: 1.00\u20131.09). <\/li>\n<li>For  both men and women, there seemed to be a linear dose-response increase in risk  of cancer. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes-1\" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"research-summary-comments\">Comments:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"comments\" -->The finding in this study of an increase in some  cancers among women even for lighter drinking has implications for alcohol  policy. Not included in the analyses were some dietary and other lifestyle  factors (e.g., folate levels) that have been shown to relate to the risk of  cancer. More importantly, the <em>net<\/em> effects of light alcohol consumption on mortality were not addressed in the study,  which is unfortunate because risks might have been balanced by possible  benefits for mortality. Such data could have provided more valuable information  upon which to develop appropriate guidelines for alcohol consumption. <!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n                    <cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"name\" -->R. Curtis Ellison, MD <!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\t\t\t\t\t<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes\" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>Reference:<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"reference\" -->Cao Y, Willett WC, Rimm EB, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26286216\">Light to  moderate intake of alcohol, drinking patterns, and risk of cancer: results from  two prospective US cohort studies<\/a>. <em>BMJ<\/em>.  2015;351:h4238.<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers evaluated the association of alcohol consumption over many years with the risk of cancer based on data from two very large US cohort studies, the Nurses\u2019 Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. 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