Does alcohol increase the risk of cancer recurrence?
Studies have found a link between alcohol intake and risk of getting cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx (voice box), esophagus, liver, breast, and probably colon. In people who have already been diagnosed with cancer, alcohol intake could also affect the risk for new cancers of these sites. Alcohol intake can increase levels of estrogens in the blood, which in theory could increase the risk for recurrence of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, but studies done to date have not addressed questions like this.
