Light Drinking Habit Can Also Cause Breast Cancer In Women

A new study has founded that among women, even light and moderate drinking habit increases risk of cancer, mainly breast cancer, even if she had never smoked. Drinking up to one for women and two for men daily is associated with high risk of having alcohol related cancer problems, a new study has found.

Men and women smoker are more prone to get alcohol related cancer according to the study. No such association was found in men who have never smoked. Overall, light to moderate drinking habit increases minimal risk of total cancer in both men and women.

There have been many earlier study says that heavy alcohol consumption linked to several alcohol related cancer diseases. But light and moderate drinker can also be at risk of cancer is less clear.

But, until the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health and Brigham, and Women's Hospital in Boston set to determine the health effects of light to moderate drinking habit. The team of US researcher used data from two different studies in the United States which tracked down the health of 88,084 women and 47,881 men for up to 30 years. The team then evaluated the total risk of cancer mainly cancer of colorectum, female breast, liver, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and esophagus.

According to their study one glass of wine daily for women and two for men can increase the risk of getting cancer problem. One standard drink is about a small glass of wine or a 355 ml bottle of beer. Various factors like BMI, smoking, diet, family cancer history, age, physical activities and ethnicity etc were taken in account for study.

The study of 19.269 cancer women and 7,571 cancer men were diagnosed during the follow-up period and they have found that light to moderate drinking habit increase little risk for total cancer regardless of smoking history. Non smoker women is also at high risk of breast cancer when consumed wine regularly rather than in men.

This study was unable to put lights on the relationship between light and moderate drinking habits in men and women and its health effect on their body. The study revealed that people with family history of cancer should reduce their alcohol intake limit or best thing to do is quit drinking altogether. "This important study have helped to know early cancer risk and highlighted the link between light to moderate drinking habits in men and women", said Jurgen Rehm at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.

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