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  Alcohol And Cancer: Is Drinking The New Smoking?
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Last EditedBob  Sep 10, 2008 06:43pm
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News DateSaturday, September 29, 2007 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionResearchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have clarified the link between alcohol consumption and the risk of head and neck cancers, showing that people who stop drinking can significantly reduce their cancer risk.


According to CAMH Principal Investigator Dr. Jürgen Rehm, existing research consistently shows a relationship between alcohol consumption and an increased risk for cancer of the esophagus, larynx and oral cavity. Dr. Rehm and his team analyzed epidemiological literature from 1966 to 2006 to further investigate this association and their results, published in the September issue of the International Journal of Cancer, showed that:

The risk of esophageal cancer nearly doubled in the first two years following alcohol cessation, a sharp increase that may be due to the fact that some people only stop drinking when they are already experiencing disease symptoms. However, risk then decreased rapidly and significantly after longer periods of abstention.
Risk of head and neck cancer only reduced significantly after 10 years of cessation.

After more than 20 years of alcohol cessation, the risks for both cancers were similar to those seen in people who never drank alcohol.

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