Cancer deaths tied to alcohol doubled between 1990 and 2023 futurity.org/cancer-deaths-a… via @FuturityNews #Alcohol has long been recognized as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on #Cancer, in the same category as tobacco #smoke and asbestos. Scientific evidence links alcohol consumption to cancers of the breast, liver, esophagus, colorectum, and several head and neck sites. “The most surprising finding was the breadth of alcohol’s potential impact across cancer types,” says Chinmay Jani, corresponding author of the study and chief fellow in hematology and oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. “Although its relationship with liver cancer is widely recognized, its contribution to cancers such as colorectal, esophageal, breast, pancreatic, and #prostatecancer is less well understood by the public.” Among older men, liver cancer accounted for the highest alcohol-attributable mortality rates, followed by esophageal and colorectal cancers. Among #women, #breastcancer represented the leading source of alcohol-attributable cancer mortality. #alcoholawareness #toxic #addiction #alcoholism