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20/10/2006
Charity warns of link between binge drinking and breast cancer
A cancer charity is warning women to be aware of a possible link between binge drinking and breast cancer.
Welsh charity Tenovus said that around 2,000 cases of breast cancer each year could be linked to women's alcohol intake. With nearly one-in-five women drinking more than three units of alcohol each day, Tenovus is asking women of all ages to examine their drinking habits.
Education officer Simon Morgan-Jones, stated: "With breast cancer, it seem that excessive alcohol intake increases the amount of oestrogen in the body, and we know that overexposure to oestrogen is a risk factor, probably the biggest.
"We would certainly recommend that women do not drink in excess on a regular basis. It would silly to say not to drink alcohol at all, but if you drink, then there will be occasions when you drink to excess.
"But it's very easy to go over the daily recommended limit and the more you do that, the more you are increasing your risk of breast cancer and other diseases."
The charity has also extended their reminder to men – around 300 of the 42,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed annually are men, and the figure is on the increase.
Mr Morgan-Jones said that breast cancer tended to affect men in their 60s and 70s, at an age when symptoms are typically dismissed as signs of ageing.
He added: "Breast cancer is something that most people don't tend to consider as something that a man could get."
(CL)
Welsh charity Tenovus said that around 2,000 cases of breast cancer each year could be linked to women's alcohol intake. With nearly one-in-five women drinking more than three units of alcohol each day, Tenovus is asking women of all ages to examine their drinking habits.
Education officer Simon Morgan-Jones, stated: "With breast cancer, it seem that excessive alcohol intake increases the amount of oestrogen in the body, and we know that overexposure to oestrogen is a risk factor, probably the biggest.
"We would certainly recommend that women do not drink in excess on a regular basis. It would silly to say not to drink alcohol at all, but if you drink, then there will be occasions when you drink to excess.
"But it's very easy to go over the daily recommended limit and the more you do that, the more you are increasing your risk of breast cancer and other diseases."
The charity has also extended their reminder to men – around 300 of the 42,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed annually are men, and the figure is on the increase.
Mr Morgan-Jones said that breast cancer tended to affect men in their 60s and 70s, at an age when symptoms are typically dismissed as signs of ageing.
He added: "Breast cancer is something that most people don't tend to consider as something that a man could get."
(CL)
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