ALL BOOZING RAISES BREAST CANCER RISKS; Boffin's warning to women.Byline: By Janice Burns DRINKING any kind of alcohol increases the risk of developing breast cancer, it was revealed yesterday. Previously there had been conflicting messages about whether different kinds of drink such as wine, beer and spirits were more dangerous than others. But leading expert Dr Patrick Maisonneuve Maisonneuve may refer to:
"It is the amount of alcohol consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. , not the type." Dr Maisonneuve, head of epidemiology epidemiology, field of medicine concerned with the study of epidemics, outbreaks of disease that affect large numbers of people. Epidemiologists, using sophisticated statistical analyses, field investigations, and complex laboratory techniques, investigate the cause at the European Institute of Oncology The European Institute of Oncology (Italian: Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, IEO) is a non-profit comprehensive cancer centre located in Milan, Italy that is active in three areas:
The researchers, led by American expert Dr Arthur Klatsky, revealed their findings to the European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. Cancer Organisation in Barcelona. They analysed the drinking habits of 70,000 women of various races and asked them questions during health examinations between 1978 and 1985. By 2004, more than 2,800 of these women had been diagnosed with breast cancer. They looked at which types of alcohol the women drank, as well as their total intake, and compared that to women who had less than one drink a day. Researchers found no difference in the risk among women who drank wine, beer or spirits. Women who drank more than three drinks a day raised their cancer risk by 30 per cent. CAPTION(S): DANGER: Drinking |
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