Global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use is causally linked to multiple cancers. We present global, regional, and national estimates of alcohol-attributable cancer burden in 2020 to inform alcohol policy and cancer control across different settings globally.

Methods

In this population-based study, population attributable fractions (PAFs) calculated using a theoretical minimum-risk exposure of lifetime abstention and 2010 alcohol consumption estimates from the Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (assuming a 10-year latency period between alcohol consumption and cancer diagnosis), combined with corresponding relative risk estimates from systematic literature reviews as part of the WCRF Continuous Update Project, were applied to cancer incidence data from GLOBOCAN 2020 to estimate ne

SUBMITTER: Rumgay H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8324483 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature