Alcohol and smoking are key causes for bowel cancer
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 06:21
in Health & Medicine
A new global study has found that lifestyle risk factors such as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are important risk factors for bowel cancer. Researchers have shown that people who consume the largest quantities of alcohol (equivalent to > 7 drinks per week) have 60% greater risk of developing the cancer, compared with non-drinkers.