Where does this news come from?
There are a lot of cancers. It can be avoided by living healthy.With this message, Kom op tegen Kanker wants to encourage citizens to live healthier lives. The organization has launched the website denieuwelevensgenieter.be, which should serve as an inspiration, and asked citizens about their experiences. Knowledge about lifestyles and cancer (1). The first topic was Alcohol Withdrawn. Under the title “A new look at alcohol”, we read that more than half of Flemish people do not know that there is a direct link between alcohol and cancer, even with light use (1).
We looked for scientific research linking alcohol to 7 types of cancer. In July 2016 One post was posted on this topic. Post a summarythis Alcohol Linked to These 7 Cancers:
This study indicated that there is There is no safe minimum. For cancer there are: The more you drink, the greater the risk.For all seven types of cancer mentioned. We wrote this article about it at the time.
in 2023 One back New post on Light to moderate alcohol consumption These are the seven types of cancer (3).
- Alcohol may be linked to about 740,000 cancer diagnoses annually worldwide, and in the European Union to about 23,000 cancer diagnoses annually.
- Based on these estimates, alcohol plays a role in 2.3% of the seven cancers mentioned, and a third of this is said to be linked to light to moderate alcohol consumption.
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How should you interpret this news?
Posts mentioned He did not explain how the researchers arrived at the estimate. The numbers comeHe is also It is not clear how alcohol consumption was measured.:It’s usually about questions that are by definition subjective, especially when it comes to alcohol. This makes these numbers difficult to interpret.
Moreover Alcohol consumption is rarely the only culprit.. Often there are other influencing factors, such as: smoking, weight gain and Lack of exercise.
- For example, smoking is a greater risk factor than alcohol for cancer of the mouth, throat, and larynx. What’s worse: The combination of smoking and alcohol consumption increases the risk of these cancers by a factor of 30 (× 30) (4).
- There is no denying that alcohol plays a role in liver cancer, but obesity is also an independent risk factor, research shows (5).
- The risk of breast cancer also increases with obesity, lack of exercise, and hormone therapy during menopause.
Smoking is linked to at least 16 cancers (6) and obesity to 13 cancers (7).
conclusion
Alcohol is a risk factor for 7 types of cancer. From light to moderate consumption, but especially with excessive consumption: the more you drink, the higher the risk. More than half of the Flemish population does not know this, according to the report com op tignecanker. They also presumably do not know that obesity is linked to 13 cancer cases and smoking to more than 16 cancer cases. It is difficult to identify a single risk factor and calculate the impact. Cancer is usually caused by the interaction of several risk factors and bad luck. With healthy lifestyle habits you can reduce your risk of cancer.
