Open AccessAlcohol Use and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk
Author(s) -
Hans Scherübl
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000507232
Subject(s) - gastrointestinal cancer , medicine , cancer , colorectal cancer , alcohol , risk factor , pancreatic cancer , incidence (geometry) , esophageal cancer , biology , biochemistry , physics , optics
Alcohol use is an important and potentially modifiable risk factor for gastrointestinal cancers. The more and the longer a person drinks, the higher the risk of cancer becomes. Even modest use of alcohol may increase cancer risk; 100 g of alcohol per week or less is currently considered to be the limit of low-risk use.