Rethinking alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk

By ACSH Staff — Nov 12, 2012
Researchers investigating breast cancer are reassessing the effects that alcohol can have on the disease, as ACSH s Dr. Gilbert Ross explains in his latest column for Examiner.com.

Researchers investigating breast cancer are reassessing the effects that alcohol can have on the disease, as ACSH s Dr. Gilbert Ross explains in his latest column for Examiner.com.

One cannot change family history, age at menarche, or breast density, for example. Weight loss after menopause, while possible, is frightfully difficult, even with inspiration aimed at reducing the risk of cancer. One modifiable factor: alcohol intake. But now, research has yielded a new perspective: it appears that moderate alcohol intake may well not be of importance for the development of breast cancer after all.