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Drinking alcohol may be related to cancer, study finds, but there are many unknowns
By Kristen Rogers, CNN
Over 4% of all new cancer cases in 2020 were attributable to alcohol consumption, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal The Lancet Oncology.
The researchers analyzed available data on population-level alcohol use in 2010 and on cancer cases in 2020. They assumed a 10-year period between alcohol consumption and the appearance of cancer, since the types of cancer included in the study lip and oral cavity cancer, laryngeal cancer and breast cancer (among females) have lengthy development periods and previous evidence of a causal relationship with alcohol consumption.