Alcohol Accounts for 4% of Newly Diagnosed Cancers Worldwide
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Alcohol consumption accounted for 4% of all cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2020, with three quarters of these cancers occurring in men. The most common cancer locations were the esophagus, liver, and breast. The finding comes from an analysis carried out by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It was published online in The Lancet Oncology on July 13.
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@amit-r Public health strategies, such as reduced alcohol availability, labeling alcohol products with a health warning, and marketing bans, could reduce rates of alcohol-driven cancer