Alcohol and cancer
Alcohol and cancer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+), in litres of pure alcohol. [1] Alcoholic beverages are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Group 1 carcinogen (carcinogenic to humans). IARC classifies alcoholic beverage consumption as a cause of female breast, colorectum, larynx, liver, esophagus, oral cavity, and pharynx cancers; and as a probable cause of pancreatic cancer. [2] 3.6% of all cancer cases and 3.5% of cancer deaths worldwide are attributable to consumption of alcohol (also known formally as ethanol). [3] Contents 1 Mortality from alcohol-related cancers 2 Alcohol as a carcinogen and cocarcinogen 3 Mechanisms 3.1 Acetaldehyde 3.2 Reviews 3.3 Local carcinogenic effect of ethanol 3.4 Epithelial-mesenchymal transition 3.5 Effect of alcohol