Alcohol use as a modifiable risk factor for cancer: New insights from Miami research
A University of Miami study highlights that alcohol-related cancer deaths have more than doubled over the past three decades, emphasizing alcohol as a significant, modifiable cancer risk factor.
A recent study from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center shines a light on alcohol use as a potentially modifiable cancer risk factor with alcohol-related cancer deaths doubling over 30 years, according to an announcement.
The researchers analyzed Global Burden of Disease data on annual alcohol-attributable cancer deaths that occurred in 1990-2023. Key findings:
Annual alcohol-attributable cancer deaths jumped by 11, 765 from 1990-2023, more than double.
Older men had the highest alcohol-attributable death rates from liver cancer.
Colorectal cancer for younger men ages 20-54.
Breast cancer accounted for the highest alcohol-attributable deaths among women.
Washington, D.C. had more alcohol-attributable cancer mortality rates than any other area in the U.S.
