Drinking a lot of alcohol at Young Age Increases Risk of Breast Cancer

Drinking a lot of alcohol at Young Age Increases Risk of Breast Cancer

Not only men , women also who likes to drink a lot of alcohol for various reasons , for example to alleviate the problem . But , to note that the young women who regularly drink alcohol are at higher risk of developing breast cancer .

Based on the study of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute , women who drank alcohol every day , including when she was menstruating and continue until the first months of pregnancy have an increased risk of breast cancer is 13 percent higher .

The findings are based on a survey of 91 005 mothers in the study of primary health care in the United States 1989-2009 . The researchers also found that each additional occasional drink alcohol such as beer , wine , or other liquor , may increase the risk of benign proliferative breast disease by 15 percent .

According to experts at the Washington University School of Medicine , benign disease that also contribute to increase the risk of breast . The cells in the breast tissue of young women are particularly vulnerable to cancer because cancer cells can grow rapidly and continue to proliferate during adolescence and beyond .

Another factor is the length of the time period between first menstrual period and first childbirth . The extension of this time often becomes a trend that may continue as more women are delaying pregnancy .

" Reducing drinking less than one drink per day , especially during the initial period of the menstrual interval and first delivery is a key strategy to reduce the lifetime risk of breast cancer , " said study author Graham Colditz , deputy director of cancer prevention at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes - Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine .

As written Medindia on Friday ( 30/08/2013 ) , previous studies have found an association between alcohol drinking in adulthood with risk of breast cancer is higher.

" More and more teenagers are drinking alcohol on campus with high levels and many do not consider future risk , " Colditz said .

Health authorities said that about one in eight women at risk of developing breast cancer in their lifetime . In addition to drinking alcohol , there are other important factors that could increase the risk of breast cancer .

These factors include age , family history , having dense breasts , late menopause , menstruation first time , have children after the age of 30 years old , never had children , and obesita