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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Alcohol Linked To Over 62,000 New Cancer Cases In India In 2020: Lancet Study

Alcohol Linked To Over 62,000 New Cancer Cases In India In 2020: Lancet Study

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published Published on Jul 15, 2021   modified Modified on Jul 25, 2021

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Cancer Cases: Globally, the researchers found that more than 740,000 or four per cent of new cancer cases in 2020 may be attributed to alcohol drinking.

New Delhi: Alcohol consumption was associated with 62,100 or five per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases last year in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology journal which shows alcohol use is on the rise in the country.

Globally, the researchers found that more than 740,000 or four per cent of new cancer cases in 2020 may be attributed to alcohol drinking.

The study estimates that men accounted for 77 per cent (568,700 cases) of alcohol-associated cancer cases, compared with women, who accounted for 23 per cent of cases (172,600).

Cancers of the oesophagus, liver, and breast accounted for the largest number of cases.

Based on data from previous years, it shows that in 2020, there were more than 6.3 million cases of mouth, pharynx, voice box (larynx), oesophageal, colon, rectum, liver, and breast cancer.

These cancers have well-established causal links to alcohol consumption, and the estimates of the direct associations with alcohol in the new study are the first of their kind for 2020.

"Trends suggest that although there is a decrease in alcohol consumption per person in many European countries, alcohol use is on the rise in Asian countries such as China and India, and in sub-Saharan Africa," said Harriet Rumgay of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), France.

"In addition, there is evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased rates of drinking in some countries," Ms Rumgay said.

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