Booze and Family History of Colon Cancer a Bad Mix: Study
Quick ReadRed meat, smoking and skipping veggies also associated with a raised cancer risk, research finds
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People who consume a few alcoholic drinks a day and have a family history of colorectal cancer are at increased risk for developing colon cancer, new research suggests.
For the study, researchers in Boston examined data from more than 87,000 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 47,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and found that 1,801 cases of colon cancer were diagnosed...
