Adolescent alcohol consumption and breast cancer
14. 11. 2011 | ecancer.org
Alcohol consumption by adolescents may increase breast cancer risk in those with a family history of the disease.
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Breast cancer patients often wonder what their daughters might do to reduce their risk of also developing cancer. Are there dietary intakes or behaviors that can be modified by their daughters to lower their own chances of getting the disease? A new study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, sought information relevant to this question.
Dr. Catherine Berkey, a biostatistician at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, led a team that investigated childhood and adolescent risk factors for benign breast disease among girls with a family history of breast cancer.
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Reference
- Berkey, C. S., Tamimi, R. M., et al. (2011). Young women with family history of breast cancer and their risk factors for benign breast disease Cancer DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26519
Keywords: alcohol consumption, benign breast disease, breast cancer, teenagers, adolescent girls
