The Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Is ‘Strong’

Jul 22, 2016, 04:05 PM

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In a commentary section of the journal Addiction called "For Debate," a New Zealand researcher warns that alcohol has been strongly linked to at least seven different types of cancer.

Jennie Connor, an epidemiologist and the author of the commentary, reviewed epidemiological and biological research on alcohol and cancer and concludes that the evidence is strong that alcohol consumption is a cause of cancer.