Pre-diagnostic alcohol consumption and breast cancer recurrence and mortality: results from a prospective cohort with a wide range of variation in alcohol intake

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  • Marianne Holm
  • Anja Olsen
  • Jane Hvarregaard Christensen
  • Kroman, Niels Thorndahl
  • Pernille Envold Hansen Bidstrup
  • Christoffer Johansen
  • Kim Overvad
  • Anne Tjønneland
The association between pre-diagnostic alcohol consumption and breast cancer recurrence and breast cancer specific mortality was investigated in 1,052 women diagnosed with early breast cancer in a prospective cohort of 29,875 women. Known clinical, lifestyle and socioeconomic risk factors were evaluated and adjusted for in multivariate analysis. We found a modest but significant association between pre-diagnostic alcohol consumption and breast cancer recurrence with a median follow-up of six years after date of diagnosis, both when using baseline measures of alcohol intake (HR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.02-2.67; >2 units/day vs. ≤1 unit/day) and cumulated alcohol intake (HR, 2.02; 95% CI, 1.06-3.85; >40 drinking years vs. 0
Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Cancer
Volume132
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)686-94
Number of pages9
ISSN0020-7136
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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