title: Alcohol intake, beverage choice, and cancer: a cohort study in a large kaiser permanente population.
abstract: The authors studied incident cancer risk from 1978 to 1985 and through follow-up in 2012 relative to light-to-moderate and heavy drinking and to the choice of alcoholic beverage in a cohort of 124,193 persons. With lifelong abstainers as referent, heavy drinking (≥ 3 drinks per day) was associated with increased risk of 5 cancer types: upper airway/digestive tract, lung, female breast, colorectal, and melanoma, with light-to-moderate drinking related to all but lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Senior Consultant in Cardiology and an Adjunct Investigator in the Division of Research for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, CA. hartmavn@pacbell.net.
authors.forename: Arthur L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Klatsky
authors.affiliation: Hematologist and Oncologist at the Oakland Medical Center in CA. yan.li@kp.org.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Internist at the Oakland Medical Center in CA. nicole.h.tran@kp.org.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nicole Tran
authors.affiliation: Hematologist and Oncologist at the Oakland Medical Center in CA. david.baer@kp.org.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.affiliation: Data Consultant at the Division of Research in Oakland, CA. natalia.udaltsova@kp.org.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Udaltsova
authors.affiliation: Biostatistician at the Division of Research in Oakland, CA. maryanne.armstrong@kp.org.
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.affiliation: Research Investigator at the Division of Research in Oakland, CA. gary.friedman@kp.org.
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D018426:SEER Program; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires