Section last updated: April 22, 2013
Cancer & Alcohol
BREAST CANCER - last updated Apr 2013
COLORECTAL CANCERS - last updated Sep 2012
HEAD AND NECK CANCERS - last updated May 2012
PROSTATE CANCER - last updated Jan 2013
PANCREATIC CANCER - last updated Nov 2012
Alcohol and Cancer by Harvey Finkel, MD
Alcohol drinking and non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk: a systematic review and a meta-analysis (Mar 2013)
Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths and years of potential life lost in the United States (Mar 2013)
Alcohol drinking and endometrial cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study (Mar 2013)
Effects of alcohol on lymphoma, leukemia, and other types of hematological cancers (Jan 2013)

Two studies find moderate alcohol intake is associated with a lower risk of kidney cancer (Sep 2012)
Drinking may be associated with a reduced risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Sep 2012)
Alcohol drinking and primary liver cancer: A pooled analysis of four Japanese cohort studies (Sep 2012)
Association of lifestyle and environmental factors with the risk of cancer/(Jan 2012)
No link found between alcohol consumption and bladder cancer risk (Dec 2011)
Association of quantity of alcohol and frequency of consumption with cancer mortality (Dec 2011)
Alcohol consumption and gastric cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort (Dec 2011)
Alcohol consumption and risk of renal cell cancer: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study (June 2011)
The role that alcohol drinking may play in the risk of cancer (June 2011)
Healthier lifestyles may prevent 340,000 US cancers a year (April 2011)
A meta-analysis of alcohol intake and risk of bladder cancer (Jan 2011)
Alcohol intake and endometrial cancer risk: a meta-analysis of prospective studies (Oct 2010)
Heavy alcohol use linked to cancer - excessive drinking promotes cellular changes, study finds(July 2010)
Wine may protect against adenocarcinoma of the lung
Alcohol consumption and reduced risk of hematologic malignancies
Cancer incidence among patients with alcohol use disorders
Wine may guard against lymphoma relapse
Alcohol and cancer - have there been any new revelations in the recent studies on alcohol and cancer? by Helena Conibear
‘Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention Food, Nutrition, and Physical Activity: a Global Perspective’ report from the World Cancer Research Fund
Moderate alcohol intake and cancer incidence in women by Professor R. Curtis Ellison, Boston University School of Medicine
Expert report on lifestyle and cancer - findings for alcohol by Dr. Erik Skovenborg
Red wine may reduce risk of lung cancer
Discussions concerning alcohol as an independent protective lifestyle factor
Commentary on alcohol and cancer by Harvey E Finkel, MD
Alcohol drinking and renal cell carcinoma in Canadian men and women
Alcohol as a cause of cancer - findings from the Australian Cancer Institute, New South Wales
Mediterranean diet cuts cancer risk
More than moderate drinking may be linked to endometrial cancer risk more than moderate drinking may be linked to endometrial cancer risk
Alcohol may lower risk of kidney cancer
Alcohol drinking linked to reduced risk of renal cell cancer
Smoking and heavy drinking lower odds of surving cancer
Worldwide cancer burden

Alcohol and ovarian cancer risk

Tobacco and alcohol consumption and risk of lymphoma
The importance of folate intake for moderate drinkers
Finding may explain link between alcohol and certain cancers
Alcohol consumption and risk of non-hodgkins lymphoma
Effects of Moderate alcohol consumption on folate and vitamin B12 status
Beer has a protective effect for adult acute leukemia
Drinking Doesn't appear to raise bladder cancer risk
Further evidence of reduced mortality in middle aged men
Red wine slows lung cancer, white may raises risk
Healthy lifestyle may reduce women's risk of developing cancer
Protein in grape skins can kill cancer cells
Beer's potential Role in Preventing Cancer
Wine may protect against adenocarcinoma of the lung
Alcohol and lung cancer risk
Red Wine Polyphenols in cancer research
by Dr. Erik Skovenborg
Papillary Thyroid cancer in women
Alcohol Consumption, all-cause and cancer mortality among middle-aged Japanese men
Gastritis, Ulcer, Stomach Cancer - Might Drinking Be Protective?
by Harvey Finkel, M.D
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