Alcohol drinking / this publication represents the views and expert opinions of an IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans which met in Lyon, 13-20 October 1987.
Material type: TextSeries: IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans ; v. 44Publication details: Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1988. Description: 416 pISBN: 9283212444Subject(s): Alcohol drinking | Alcoholic beverages -- adverse effects | Alcoholism -- complications | Neoplasms -- chemically induced | Cancer and its ControlNLM classification: QZ 202Abstract: Evaluates the complete body of scientific data on alcohol and cancer in an effort to determine whether alcoholic beverages can cause cancer in humans. The evaluation, which represents the consensus reached by 19 international experts, concludes that the consumption of alcoholic beverages is causally related to the occurrence of cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, and liver. The evidence reviewed indicates that the risk of cancer increases according to the daily number of drinks. Concerning the combined effect of alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking, the report concludes that individuals wo both smoke and drink have a substantially increased risk of developing cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus (traditionally regarded as smoking-related cancers). However, the conclusion that alcoholic beverages can cause cancer at these sites, as well as liver cancer, applies to nonsmokers as well. Concerning the question of whether alcohol drinking increases the risk of breast cancer, the report notes that, while available data indicate a positive association between drinking of alcoholic beverages and breast cancer in women, a firm conclusion about a causal relationship cannot be made at present. The report also examined possible links between alcohol drinking and cancers of the stomach, colon, rectum, pancreas, lung, and urinary bladder. Evidence linking drinking of alcoholic beverages with rectal cancer was determined to be suggestive but inconclusive. On the basis of available data, no clear conclusions could be reached concerning whether or not the different ethanol concentrations of beer, wine, and spirits are associated with different degrees of carcinogenic risk.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Evaluates the complete body of scientific data on alcohol and cancer in an effort to determine whether alcoholic beverages can cause cancer in humans. The evaluation, which represents the consensus reached by 19 international experts, concludes that the consumption of alcoholic beverages is causally related to the occurrence of cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, and liver. The evidence reviewed indicates that the risk of cancer increases according to the daily number of drinks. Concerning the combined effect of alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking, the report concludes that individuals wo both smoke and drink have a substantially increased risk of developing cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus (traditionally regarded as smoking-related cancers). However, the conclusion that alcoholic beverages can cause cancer at these sites, as well as liver cancer, applies to nonsmokers as well. Concerning the question of whether alcohol drinking increases the risk of breast cancer, the report notes that, while available data indicate a positive association between drinking of alcoholic beverages and breast cancer in women, a firm conclusion about a causal relationship cannot be made at present. The report also examined possible links between alcohol drinking and cancers of the stomach, colon, rectum, pancreas, lung, and urinary bladder. Evidence linking drinking of alcoholic beverages with rectal cancer was determined to be suggestive but inconclusive. On the basis of available data, no clear conclusions could be reached concerning whether or not the different ethanol concentrations of beer, wine, and spirits are associated with different degrees of carcinogenic risk.
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