title: [Cancer-inducing alcohol. "Reasonable" drinking also causes damage].
abstract: More than 75% of all types of cancer are due to environmental factors. These latter include nutrition. A diet rich in fruit and vegetables, carotenoids, and vitamin C has a protective effect against cancer. A high-calorie, high-fat diet, and the consumption of alcohol have the opposite effect. New data appear to show that the daily consumption of up to 20 g alcohol in women, and 40 g in men, previously considered innocuous, must be considered a risk for certain types of cancer. A particularly close association with alcohol is found in the case of cancer of the breast, and tumours of the mouth, pharynx and esophagus.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Marienhospital Osnabruck.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000431:Ethanol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol