A Cancer Research UK study found that a large glass of wine or a pint of beer a day increases the risk by about 10 %.
The research shows that the more alcohol you drink, the greater your risk of developing bowel cancer. However, the authors said that people can reduce their risk of cancers by cutting down on alcohol. The findings are published in the International Journal of Cancer. (subscription needed)
More than 30,000 new cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK alone. The lifetime risk for bowel cancer is 1 in 20 for men and 1 in 18 for women.
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