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Association of Daily Alcohol Intake, Volumetric Breast Density, and Breast Cancer Risk
A woman's love for alcohol may bump up her risk of breast cancer.
This study evaluated if the frequency of alcohol intake affects a woman's susceptibility to breast cancer. The study population included 2,233 women diagnosed with breast cancer and 4,562 females without the disease.
Researchers discovered that habitual drinking of alcohol moved breast cancer risk in the upward direction in women. This study is one of the many studies that have demonstrated the carcinogenic effect of alcohol on the breast.
Research Summary Information
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2021
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Alison S Rustagi, Christopher G Scott, Stacey J Winham, Kathleen R Brandt, Aaron D Norman, Matthew R Jensen, John A Shepherd, Carrie Hruska, John J Heine, Vernon S Pankratz, Karla Kerlikowske, Celine M Vachon
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Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Department of Epidemiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA. Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Cancer Epidemiology Department, MCC, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA. Department of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA. Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and General Internal Medicine Section, Department of Veterans Affairs, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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