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Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer risk: a dose-response meta-analysis of published cohort studies.

​Alcohol consumption may speed up the onset of colorectal cancer.

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Alcohol, alcoholic beverages, and melanoma risk: a systematic literature review and dose-response meta-analysis.

Frequent intake of alcohol correlates with high risk of melanoma.

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  • 2018
  • Gandini S, Masala G, Palli D, Cavicchi B, Saieva C, Ermini I, Baldini F, Gnagnarella P, Caini S.
  • Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Via delle Oblate 2, 50139, Milan, Italy. s.caini@ispo.toscana.it. Cancer Risk Factors and Lifestyle Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy. Division of Melanoma, Sarcoma and Rare Cancer, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Via delle Oblate 2, 50139, Milan, Italy.
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Lifetime alcohol consumption and upper aero-digestive tract cancer risk in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study.

Lifetime consumption of alcohol may spur the development of cancerous cells and tumors in the esophagus, pharynx, larynx, and oral cavity.

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  • 2015
  • Jayasekara H, MacInnis RJ, Hodge AM, Hopper JL, Giles GG, Room R, English DR.
  • Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Level 3, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia. harindra_jaya@yahoo.com. Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Level 3, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia. Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, 615 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia. Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia. Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3065, Australia. Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Alcohol consumption and risk of myelodysplastic syndromes: A meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.

Regular drinking of alcohol may raise an individual's chances of developing myelodysplastic syndromes.

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  • 2014
  • Jin J, Yu M, Hu C, Ye L, Xie L, Chen F, Zhuang Z, Tong H.
  • Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China ; Institute of Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China. Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Long-Term Alcohol Consumption and Breast, Upper Aero-Digestive Tract and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Fondness for alcohol may put an individual at high risk of developing cancer of the breast, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, oral cavity, colon, and rectum.

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  • 2016
  • Jayasekara H, MacInnis RJ, Room R, English DR.
  • Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia Population Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia harindra_jaya@yahoo.com. Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, 615 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia. Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin St., Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, SE - 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sugar-sweetened beverages consumption and the risk of depression: A meta-analysis of observational studies.

​The odds of suffering from depression may be tilted against habitual drinkers of sugar-sweetened beverages.

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  • 2018
  • Hu D, Cheng L, Jiang W.
  • Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, No. 38 Dengzhou Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, China. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, No. 38 Dengzhou Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, China. Electronic address: wenjie-jiang@qdu.edu.cn.
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Plant foods, fiber, and rectal cancer.

Consuming plant-based diets may help thwart the development of cancerous cells in the rectum.

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Alcohol intake and risk of rosacea in US women.

Generous consumption of alcoholic drinks can trigger the onset of rosacea.

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  • 2017
  • Li S, Cho E, Drucker AM, Qureshi AA, Li WQ.
  • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: wen-qing_li@brown.edu.
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Usual alcohol consumption and suicide mortality among the Korean elderly in rural communities: Kangwha Cohort Study.

Alcohol lovers may have a greater tendency to commit suicide than non-drinkers.

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  • 2016
  • Yi SW, Jung M, Kimm H, Sull JW, Lee E, Lee KO, Ohrr H.
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Gangneung, Republic of Korea Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Gangneung, Republic of Korea. Department of Public Health, Yonsei University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Eulji University College of Health Science, Sungnam, Republic of Korea. Department of Nursing, Sangmyung University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea. Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Exploring the relation of alcohol consumption to risk of breast cancer.

​Frequent intake of alcohol may stimulate the development of cancerous cells and tumors in the breast.

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Breast cancer risk and alcohol consumption: results from a large case-control study.

​Regular drinking of alcoholic beverages may heighten a woman's risk of having breast cancer.

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Alcohol as a risk factor for pancreatitis. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Alcohol intake may raise the odds of pancreatitis in men and women.

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