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Drinking more than a pint of beer a day can substantially increase the risk of some cancers, research suggests.

The Europe-wide study of 363,988 people reported in the British Medical Journal found one in 10 of all cancers in men and one in 33 in women were caused by past or current alcohol intake.

More than 18% of alcohol-related cancers in men and about 4% in women were linked to excessive drinking.

The Department of Health said it was taking action to reduce drinking.

Cancer charities say people should limit their drinking to lower the risk.

The study calculated that in 2008 current and past drinking habits were responsible for about 13,000 cancer cases in the UK, out of a total of 304,000 cases.

Previous research has shown a link between alcohol consumption and cancers of the oesophagus, liver, bowel and female breast.

When alcohol is broken down by the body it produces a chemical which can damage DNA, increasing the chance of developing cancer.


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Coment about the news.

I'm shocked about this news because never I could think that Cancer it could be caused with alcohol.

Always we relation the cancer with smoking but never with drinking.
Even so I think that is affect to people who drink a lot.

But if alcohol everytime is more affecting on the people,I think governments should take measures,because always they talk about problems with tobacco, but they leave the problems which can generate the alcohol.

Apparently, alcohol as time passes produce more severe consequences than other drugs. For that, people should care more, especially men who are the most affected by this problem.