‹ BackPeople with Family History of Colon Cancer May Reduce Cancer Risk if They Drink LessBy Join Together Staff | February 2, 2012 | Leave a comment | Filed in Alcohol, Prevention & ResearchReducing alcohol consumption may decrease the incidence of colon cancer in people with a family history of the cancer, a new study suggests.The study was based on more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men in the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. The researchers found a total of 1,801 colon cancer cases among this group over 26 years of follow-up.The researchers report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that people with a family history of colon cancer, whose average alcohol intake was about two-and-a-half drinks a day, had an increased risk of colon cancer.
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