Alcohol Ups Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
Posted on: December 11, 2009
If youve been diagnosed with breast cancer, you may want to cut down on alcoholic beverages.Thats the suggestion of researchers who found that cancer is 34% more likely to come back in breast cancer survivors who drink more than three drinks a week, compared with those who abstain or drink less.Drinking more than three drinks a week also raised the risk of dying from breast cancer by 51%, says Marilyn L. Kwan, PhD, a staff scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif.
2 Responses to "Alcohol Ups Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence"
wow. As if BC doesn’t change your life enough, I thought just cutting back to a few drinks a week was safe. Is Marilyn Kwan one of the authors of the study? Which study had the 51% risk data?









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December 11, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Doctors suggest that alcohol may increase the risk for breast cancer recurrence by increasing estrogen production, which in turn can drive tumor growth.