Moderate alcohol use leads to risk of cancer in women

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Chinese medianet) -- Women consuming

moderate alcoholface an increased risk of some cancers, says a study

conducted onnearly 1.3 million British females.

The research involvedmiddle-aged women who

weresurveyed at breast cancer screening clinics about their drinking

habits and their health was trackedfor seven years.

A few womenreported no alcohol use while

therest consumedfewer than three drinks a day; the average was one

drink a day. Researchers compared the lightest drinkers ！ two or fewer drinks a

week ！ with people who drank more.

Each extra drink per day increased the risk of

breast, rectal and liver cancer, University of Oxford researchers reported

Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The type of alcohol ！

wine, beer or liquor ！ didn¨t matter.

(Agencies)