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Alcohol consumption plays a causal role in oral cavity, pharyngeal, laryngeal, oesophageal (limited to squamous cell carcinoma), liver, colon, rectal and female breast cancers.
“Furthermore, the most recent IARC monographs found sufficient animal and epidemiological evidence to conclude that alcohol consumption plays a causal role in oral cavity, pharyngeal, laryngeal, oesophageal (limited to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), liver, colon, rectal and female breast cancers 149,”
From The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update (2017) · cites this paper as [149]
There is limited epidemiological evidence of a relationship between alcohol consumption and kidney, thyroid, prostate, ovarian and endometrial cancers and Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and the causal role of alcohol in these cancers is uncertain.
“Lastly, there is limited epidemiological evidence of a relationship between alcohol consumption and kidney, thyroid, prostate, ovarian and endometrial cancers and Hodgkin's and non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma 149. Thus, the causal role of alcohol in the development of these cancers is uncertain.”
From The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update (2017) · cites this paper as [149]
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- Authors
- Baan, R., Straif, K., Grosse, Y., Secretan, B., El Ghissassi, F., Bouvard, V., Altieri, A., & Cogliano, V.
- Venue
- The Lancet Oncology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-04
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 292-293
- ISSN
- 1470-2045 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2144635719
- Cited by
- 877
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 47 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 50 · 2012: 71
- FWCI
- 17.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet Oncology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Keywords
- alcoholic beverages, carcinogenicity, alcohol, cancer risk, fermented foods, food contaminants, carcinogenicity classification
- MeSH terms
- Alcohol Drinking, Ethanol, Alcoholic Beverages, Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Carcinogens, Humans, Mutation, Neoplasms, Urethane
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