If you thought one-two drinks a day would not do any harm, think again. Researchers in japan have found that even with the risk of light alcohol consumption. In the study published in The Journal cancer, the Overall cancer Risk appears to be at the lowest level with zero alcohol consumption. The elevated risk appears to be explained by the common sites of alcohol-related cancer risk, including the colorectum, stomach, breast, prostate and esophagus.
"In japan, the primary cause of death is cancer," said one of the researchers, Masayoshi Zaitsu from The university of Tokyo. "Given the current burden of overall cancer incidence, we should be promoting further public education about alcohol-related cancer risk," Zaitsu said.
The team examined clinical data on 63,232 patients with cancer and 63,232 controls for matched sex, age, hospital admission date, and admitting hospital. The data was from 33 general hospitals in Japan. All participants reported their average daily amount of standardized alcohol units and the duration of drinking.
