Study Shows Alcohol Consumption Raises Breast Cancer Risk
April 15th, 2008 | by admin |
A Study conducted by American Association for Cancer Research in San Diego, shows that alcohol consumption, even in small amounts increases the risk of breast cancer most especially estrogen and progesterone receptor positive breast cancer.
This study is especially true and applicable to some forms of breast cancers where malignant cells have receptors that render them sensitive to hormones such as estrogen. The previous study on the subject matter aimed to see if the status of the hormone receptor tumor influenced the relationship between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk but the clear link of the two are not that clear.
The latest study however, provided a more clear mechanism on the link between the alcohol and breast cancer. “For years, we’ve known that there’s an association between alcohol drinking and breast cancer risk, but nobody knows yet what the underlying biological mechanisms are,” said Dr. Catalin Marian, lead author of the study and a research instructor in oncology at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
“The logical step was to begin analyzing the alcohol metabolizing genes.” he added.
