#Europe #women #link #alcohol #breast #cancer
On the Old Continent, 600,000 cases of breast cancer were reported in 2022.
“For women in Europe, breast cancer is the main cancer caused by alcohol, representing 66% of all cases of cancer attributable to alcohol,” noted the UN institution.
Alcohol notably affects estrogen levels which play a role in the development of many breast cancers.
Even relatively low alcohol consumption can contribute to increased risk, the WHO has warned.
“More than half of alcohol-attributable breast cancer cases in Europe are not due to excessive alcohol consumption, and around a third of new annual cases are due to consumption equivalent to two small glasses of wine per day”, it is written.
It is therefore important to change alcohol consumption habits across Europe, which have not changed since 2010, through new public policies, the organization called.
With 2.3 million cases worldwide in 2022, breast cancer is the second most frequently detected cancer, according to the WHO.
