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Breast Cancer
Effects of alcohol consumption on sex steroid levels may increase disease risk
May 12th, 2005
The effects of alcohol consumption on sex steroid levels in postmenopausal women may increase their risk of breast cancer, study findings suggest. "Breast cancer risk increases with increased levels of alcohol consumption, potentially through an effect on sex hormone levels. In a cross-sectional study among Dutch participants (n=17,357) of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition conducted in Utrecht, The Netherlands (Prospect-EPIC), we investigated the relation between alcohol intake and estrogen and androgen levels," reported N.C. Onland-Moret and colleagues, University Medical Center Utrecht. They determined women's alcohol...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-12)
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