Health experts support a new discovery and said that the ministers should hold a socialization that is useful to overcome the ignorance of the community that alcohol is a trigger for cancer. Socialization is expected to menadarkan people not so free in consuming alcohol every day. This discovery proves that in recent years alcohol was instrumental in the development of cancers such as breast cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer and others.
In the scientific journal ADDICTION, explained that alcohol is closely associated with cancer. a lot of evidence that is strong enough to explain that consuming alcohol is the direct cause of the occurrence of various diseases, especially cancer, said Jennie Connor of Preventive and Social medicine department at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
"There is a lot of evidence to support that alcohol was the cause of the 7 types of cancer in the human body," said Connor. "In biological knowledge, it can be proven that consuming alcohol can cause cancer of the oropharynx, liver, larynx, esophagus, rectum, breast and liver." Other evidence also explained that alcohol as a cause of skin cancer, prostate and pancreatic cancer. Connor also noted that the dose of alcohol greatly affects the occurrence of cancer.
In February, Prof. Dame Sally Davies (Chief Medical in the UK) give a warning to women that consuming alcohol can cause breast cancer. Davies was instrumental in the making of government guidelines to limit alcohol consumption reasonable. Which in the guide explained that the maximum limit of alcohol may be consumed men again in a week is 21-24 units and for women just as much as 7 glasses of beer a week. Evidence suggesting that alcohol is a trigger for cancer is the main reason Davies create guidelines on the safe limit of alcohol consumption per week.
In CRUK study explains that when 5 shows a list of different cancers, only one person knows that breast cancer can be caused by alcohol and four others only know the effects of alcohol can cause liver cancer.
"The best way to reduce opium terhap alcohol is by reducing the amount of alcohol consumed per week, and try to exchange the alcoholic drinks are usually consumed with other soft drinks or beverages with alcohol content is low," said Dr. Jana Witt, an information officer health Cancer Research UK.
Alan Boobis, a professor of pharmacology biochemistry london said that alcohol and cancer are closely related, it's just very difficult to bring awareness to the public about the dangers of alcohol. Elaine Hindal, chief executive of drinkware also agreed that alcohol and cancer are closely related.
In the study Jennie Connor also explained that people who consume alcohol and smoke are more susceptible to cancer. In another study Jennie Connor also found evidence that people who do not consume alcohol rarely affected by cancer of the larynx, pharynx and liver cancer.