Heavy-drinking women more likely to develop breast cancer

Wednesday 07th October, 06:09 AM JST

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Altria at 09:22 AM JST - 7th October

Thankfully, the heavy drinkers are more likely to undergo regular breast examinations.

post-menopausal

Or maybe not.
timeon at 09:34 AM JST - 7th October

well, my mum barely drinks, and she's got it. how about guys, an alcoholic like me will develop prostrate cancer?
LoveUSA at 09:36 AM JST - 7th October

an alcoholic like me will develop prostrate cancer?

most probably not but maybe you will be impotent soon if you do not stop drinking. i heard men who drink and not so good in bed.
sf2k at 10:51 AM JST - 7th October

the excess aldehyde manufacturing after the liver de-toxifies the alcohol causes cancer. Quell surprise. You wouldn't sniff formaldehyde either and not expect a bad result. Moderation in everything. Especially alcohol.
timeon at 11:39 AM JST - 7th October

LoveUSA, I really don't worry about that. You probably heard wrong :)
Mittsu at 11:53 AM JST - 7th October

over a litre of sake a week? Post menopausal? Like it's an issue if they get breast cancer!
abromofo at 01:10 PM JST - 7th October

over a litre of sake a week? Post menopausal? Like it's an issue if they get breast cancer!

Haha yeah. I bet these old Japanese people drink sake instead of water. My in-laws drink 1 cup of tea with each meal, and some booze with dinner. No water. No wonder they look the way they do.
stealth_one at 02:14 PM JST - 7th October

I like to drink,but I go to the gym and I can still hang with the pretenders on the basketball court and Im much older in some cases.But if you're gonna get it,you'll get it regardless.You can't stall your destiny.
jason6 at 02:17 PM JST - 7th October

Just because they're correlated doesn't infer a causal link. Could be that these same women smoke tons of cigarettes while drunk (very probable) or they hang out in places that have a lot of second-hand smoke while getting plastered.
dolphingirl at 04:00 PM JST - 7th October

jason6: exactly! There may be a factor C (smoking, obesity, stress, etc) that wasn't considered. Anyway, I think everyone knows that drinking a lot is not good for your health. Tell us something we don't know.
dokachin at 07:16 PM JST - 7th October

yes definitely stress levels would contribute. They may drink to destress.
bobbafett at 01:50 AM JST - 8th October

but maybe you will be impotent soon if you do not stop drinking. i heard men who drink and not so good in bed

hahahahahahaha!

On a serious note, cancer is luck of the draw. I am not sure how much we can do to prevent it entirely. If you are predisposed to get it then get it you shall and on the other hand some smoke and drink until they are 90 and die in a car crash. Go figure.
zaichik at 01:46 PM JST - 8th October

an alcoholic like me will develop prostrate cancer?

Don't most cancers leave you flat on your back? Oh, you meant prostate? I'm not sure that there's a particularly strong correlation between prostate Ca and alcohol consumption. Liver cancer, maybe, though. Or cirrhosis. Or some nasty variety of hepatitis.

Or nothing - some people just have cast-iron constitutions.
Nessie at 02:51 PM JST - 8th October

Maria, chances are that your chances have more to do with genetics than with your alcohol consumption.
Monoflow at 04:23 PM JST - 9th October

As I'm often attend some drinking parties, organised of my wife for her friends, when we are in Japan, I'm always wondering about how much japanese women can drink. I really like wine and beer, but often didn't drink anything for many days and far less than all of them. If alcohol is really more likely to develop breast cancer, then I should show this to my wife ;)...