Booze Fuels Breast Cancer

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Startling fact: A recent study showed that breast cancer in women makes up 60% of alcohol-attributable cancers worldwide, says Jian-Wei Gu, M.D., of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

For the first time, the researchers demonstrated in a novel mouse model that even moderate alcohol intake can stimulate breast tumor growth and malignancy, and it promotes development of blood vessels to feed the cancer.

Danish researchers also found that women who consume 22 to 27 drinks a week more than double their chances of breast cancer, compared with women who have one to three drinks per week.

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