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Are Alcohol And Breast Cancer Linked?
A large, national study has again linked alcohol to breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Researchers analyzed data from over 184,000 women--the biggest study so far--and found that women who had one or two drinks per day were 32 percent more likely to develop a breast tumor than women who rarely drank. Women who had more than three drinks per day raised their risk by 51 percent.
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All alcohol boosts breast cancer risk
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