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Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose–response meta-analysis
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BACKGROUND: Alcohol is a risk factor for cancer of the oral cavity, pharynx, oesophagus, colorectum, liver, larynx and female breast, whereas its impact on other cancers remains controversial. METHODS: We investigated the effect of alcohol on 23 cancer types through a meta-analytic approach. We used dose-response meta-regression models and investigated potential sources of heterogeneity. RESULTS: A total of 572 studies, including 486 538 cancer cases, were identified. Relative risks (RRs) for heavy drinkers compared with nondrinkers and occasional drinkers were 5.13 for oral and pharyngeal cancer, 4.95 for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, 1.44 for colorectal, 2.65 for laryngeal and 1.61 for breast cancer; for those neoplasms there was a clear dose-risk relationship. Heavy drinkers also had a significantly higher risk of cancer of the stomach (RR 1.21), liver (2.07), gallbladder (2.64), pancreas (1.19) and lung (1.15). There was indication of a positive association between alcohol consumption and risk of melanoma and prostate cancer. Alcohol consumption and risk of Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were inversely associated. CONCLUSIONS: Alcohol increases risk of cancer of oral cavity and pharynx, oesophagus, colorectum, liver, larynx and female breast. There is accumulating evidence that alcohol drinking is associated with some other cancers such as pancreas and prostate cancer and melanoma.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bagnardi, V, Rota, M., Botteri, E., Tramacere, I., Islami, F., Fedirko, V, Scotti, L., Jenab, M., Turati, F., Pasquali, E., Pelucchi, C., Galeone, C., Bellocco, R., Negri, E., Corrao, G., Boffetta, P., & La Vecchia, C.
- Affiliations
- European Institute of Oncology (IT)
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (IT)
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta (IT)
- American Cancer Society (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Tisch Cancer Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bagnardi, V
- ORCID
- Venue
- British Journal of Cancer
- Published
- 2014-11-25
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 580-593
- ISSN
- 0007-0920 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-1827
- PMC
- PMC4453639
- OpenAlex
- W1965385210
- Cited by
- 1,342
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
- 2026: 130 · 2025: 149 · 2024: 129 · 2023: 139 · 2022: 158 · 2021: 133 · 2020: 123 · 2019: 108 · 2018: 100 · 2017: 86 · 2016: 64 · 2015: 21
- FWCI
- 42.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-sa
- www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
- Locations
- British Journal of Cancer (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
- Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Brescia) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- World Health Organization
- Fondazione Umberto Veronesi
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (10258)
- Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Otorhinolaryngology › Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Keywords
- alcohol consumption, alcohol and cancer risk, dose-response relationship, heavy drinking, oral and pharyngeal cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, colorectal cancer, laryngeal cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer, gallbladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, prostate cancer, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- MeSH terms
- Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Alcohol Drinking, Breast Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Esophageal Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Male, Melanoma, Mouth Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Pharyngeal Neoplasms, Prostatic Neoplasms, Risk Factors, Incidence, Case-Control Studies
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