Drinking fuels growth of tumour [two drinks a day when you have breast cancer fuels tumor growth]

bbc.co.uk ^ | 5-1-2007 | staff writer

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Drinking just two alcoholic drinks a day when you have breast cancer fuels the growth of tumours, a study says. It has long-been known alcohol increases the risk of developing cancer but the effect of drinking once cancer is present is less established.

A University of Mississippi team found giving mice the equivalent of two to four drinks a day doubled the normal growth of a tumour after four weeks.

Cancer patients are often just told to moderate drinking.

Alcohol has been linked to cancer before

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Doesn’t booze also raise estrogen levels? Talk about a possible double whammy...Yikes.