Breast Cancer Update

According to Jian-Wei, M.D. of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, booze actually fuels breast cancer. Apparently, a recent study showed that breast cancer in women makes up 60% of alcohol-attributable cancers worldwide.

Jean Carper, of EatSmart, believes that this is the first time researchers have been able to demonstrate in a novel mouse model that even moderate alcohol intake can stimulate breast tumor growth and malignancy. It even appears that “alcohol actually fuels development of blood vessels that feed breast cancer.”

In addition, to these findings, Danish researchers have found that “women who consume 22 to 27 drinks a week more than double their chances of breast cancer, compared to women who have one to three drinks per week.”

[tags]breast cancer, alcohol consumption, women and breast cancer, Jean Carper, Jian-Wei Gu M.D. EatSmart, University of Mississippi Medical Center[/tags]