Three points about this article 1. Liver cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, etc. are related to alcohol drinking 2. Comparing cancer incidence rates with and without treatment for alcoholism 3. Abstinence treatment reduces the incidence rate of alcohol-related cancers by around 40% A study conducted in France (*1) found that if heavy drinkers significantly reduce their drinking or abstain from alcohol, their risk of developing alcohol-related cancers (liver cancer, oral cancer, pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, and female breast cancer) is greatly reduced. ■ 4.1% of cancer cases worldwide are alcohol-related
It is clear that drinking alcohol is a risk factor for cancer, and in 2020, 4.1% of cancer cases worldwide were diagnosed with alcohol-related cancers, such as liver cancer and colorectal cancer. On the other hand, whether a significant reduction in alcohol consumption or abstinence from alcohol reduces the risk of cancer has not been thoroughly investigated. So French researchers decided to study how much abstinence treatment could reduce the risk of developing alcohol-related cancers in French alcoholics. The problem of alcoholism is becoming more serious in France, and one of the measures being taken is to provide inpatient alcohol rehabilitation programs for treatment of addiction. Treatment involves using medication to help people weather withdrawal symptoms under careful supervision, followed by medication to suppress cravings and psychotherapy, with the goal of achieving complete abstinence. The authors selected information on all patients admitted to and discharged from French medical facilities between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2021, who had not been diagnosed with cancer in the past five years and who had been diagnosed with alcohol dependence. We divided alcohol-dependent patients into those with a history of treatment (those who had undergone alcohol rehabilitation at a hospital or had a record of abstinence) and those without a history of treatment who were thought to have had persistent alcohol dependence, and examined whether they had been diagnosed with alcohol-related cancer. Alcohol-related cancers were liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), oral cavity cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, and female breast cancer. Taking into account cancer risk factors other than alcohol consumption (such as smoking, obesity, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and hepatitis B or C virus infection), the risk of developing alcohol-related cancer was estimated separately for men and women in patients with and without a history of treatment. *The free portion ends here.
The word “netouyo” means “patriot.” In other words, the people who make fun of and criticize netouyo are anti-Japanese agents from China and Korea. Their goal is to make people think that being patriotic is uncool and to weaken Japan’s national power. Japanese people should be careful not to be misled by the posts of anti-Japanese agents.
Once you become addicted you can’t stop drinking. You get more and more tolerant to alcohol. It’s a wonder of the human body. In the end you’ll end up with cirrhosis of the liver.
There is no causal relationship based on medical evidence between alcohol and these cancers, it’s just a statistical correlation that says drinkers are more likely to get cancer.
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