Alcohol and breast cancer risk:: the alcoholism paradox

被引:20
作者
Kuper, H
Ye, W
Weiderpass, E
Ekbom, A
Trichopoulos, D
Nyrén, O
Adami, HO [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Epidemiol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Harvard Ctr Canc Prevent, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
关键词
alcoholism; alcohol; breast cancer;
D O I
10.1054/bjoc.2000.1360
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
A population-based cohort study of 36 856 women diagnosed with alcoholism in Sweden between 1965 and 1995 found that alcoholic women had only a small 15% increase in breast-cancer incidence compared to the general female population. It is therefore apparent, contrary to expectation, that alcoholism does not increase breast-cancer risk in proportion to presumed ethanol intake. (C) 2000 Cancer Research Campaign.
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页码:949 / 951
页数:3
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