Alcohol Use and Cancer in the European Union.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancers constitute a major non-communicable disease category globally and in the European Union (EU).

Summary

Alcohol use has been established as a major cause of cancer in humans. Principal cancer agencies agree that the following cancer sites are causally impacted by alcohol: lip and oral cavity, pharynx (excluding nasopharynx), oesophagus, colon and rectum, liver, (female) breast, and larynx. For all of these cancer sites, there is a dose-response relationship with no apparent threshold: the higher the average level of consumption, the higher the risk of cancer incidence. In the EU in 2016, about 80,000 people died of alcohol-attributable cancer, and about 1.9 million years of life were lost due to premature mortality or due to disability. Key messages: Given t

SUBMITTER: Rehm J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7845418 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature