Risks and Forms of Cancer Associated with Alcohol Consumption

Rodolfo do Couto Maia

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Risks and Forms of Cancer Associated with Alcohol Consumption

Rodolfo do Couto Maia

Published in Cancer Research Journal (Volume 2, Issue 6-1)

Received: 28 November 2014 Accepted: 6 December 2014 Published: 27 December 2014

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Abstract

Although alcohol has been considered a carcinogenic agent for a long time, there still was a lot of controversy about many questions on the role of alcohol in several types of cancer. During the last few years some studies have been trying to address these many issues and the understanding about this topic has greatly increased. Some of these data have been gathered and highlighted in this review as a way to demonstrate if and/or how alcohol consumption, in combination or not with other unsafe lifestyle habits, in fact represents a risk factor for some cancer types that it has been associated with.

Published in	Cancer Research Journal (Volume 2, Issue 6-1) This article belongs to the Special Issue Lifestyle and Cancer Risk
DOI	10.11648/j.crj.s.2014020601.13
Page(s)	30-33
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Cancer, Alcohol, Alcohol Consumption, Cancer Risk, Lifestyle

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