Two in three women are unaware that alcohol is a major risk factor in breast cancer: 8000 cases are linked to alcohol consumption according to estimates made by epidemiologists (INCa figure). “” There may be synergies with other pollutants, including tobacco »Underlines Dr. Emmanuel Ricard, delegate for the prevention and promotion of screening for the National League against Cancer. Contrary to what is happening with other cancers such as liver cancer (with an increased risk of liver cancer with consumption greater than 3 glasses per day), there is no consumption below which there is no risk and above which there is a risk. “” For breast cancer, alcohol is a risk factor from the first glass, or even below “Indicates Dr. Ricard. The greater the alcohol consumption, the more the risk increases.
Alcohol, risk factor for breast cancer
There are different mechanisms underlying the link between alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer. “” One of the mechanisms is due directly to ethanol, molecule of alcohol present in alcoholic beverages, which is mutagenic, that is to say capable of causing the cells of the cells which are at the origin of cancers “Inform Dr. Ricard. This ethanol transforms at the level of the liver into acetaldehyde which is an extremely molecule (…)
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