Drinking too much alcohol is blamed for a "considerable proportion" of cases of cancer, suggests a large new European study.
The study in question this week in the medical journal BMJ said current or former alcohol could be blamed for as much as 10% of cases of cancer among men and three per cent among women.
The findings are based on more than 100 000 men and women then 250 000 37 to 70 years in Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany, Netherlands and Denmark from 1992 to 2005.
"A significant proportion of the most common and most fatal cancers is due to former and current alcohol consumption," wrote the principal author of the Institute of Nutrition human Potsdam-Rehbruecke of Manuela Bergmann Nuthetal, Germany.
"This underscores the need to continue and intensify its efforts to reduce alcohol consumption in Europe, both on the individual and the population level strongly."
Too much alcohol was also blamed for seven per cent of cancers of the breast in women German and 28 percent of colorectal cancer in Spanish men, results show.
"The effect is higher for some cancers which we already know there is a causal link between …like liver, mouth, throat, esophagus and cancer," said Dr. Karl Kabasele, medical commentator for the CBC.
The Canada has a national strategy on alcohol which covers alcohol prices and availability. But labelling of bottles of alcohol better with specific warnings about cancer risk would reduce its harmful effects on health, said Prof. Tim Stockwell, of the University of Victoria Centre for Addictions Research.
"It is a question where a citizen", Stockwell said in an interview. "I think it is scandalous that interest groups to persuade Governments that it is not necessary to inform consumers about the risks of such things as cancer of this product as the major part of the use and love.".
People are warned about the risks of tanning booths for example, but the risks of alcohol does are not clearly outlined, Stockwell.
The Canadian Cancer Society has recognized that the risk of cancer of the consumption of alcohol have received little attention.
"I think that there is much misunderstanding about the safety of alcohol," said Gillian Bromfield, policy analyst with the Canadian society of Cancer in Toronto. "Many people really don't understand the risk of cancer of the consumption of alcohol. ?
The labels of alcohol could also carry more useful information on how many standard drinks are in a bottle of wine or spirits, suggested Stockwell. In this way, it would be easier for people to translate the upcoming national recommendations on the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption are considered at low risk for their personal behavior.
In the study, researchers used a mathematical model of factors such as smoking, diet and exercise into account in the calculation of the number of cancers attributed to drinking more than recommended.
The research was funded by several European health authorities.
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