Alcohol and breast cancer risk

January 17, 2009 — Zenfix

Alcohol and breast cancer risk defined by estrogen and progesterone receptor status: a case-control study.

Alcohol drinking increases breast cancer risk with a greater increase in estrogen receptor positive tumors. The odds ratio was 2.16.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Aug;17(8):2025-8.
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