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Results are based on the study linking consumption of
various types of alcoholic drinks and the risk of developing
kidney cancer.
The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer,
looked at 855 people with kidney cancer and a control
group of 1,204 people who did not have cancer. They
reported on their intake of beer, wine, fortified wine
and spirits.
The researchers, led by Professor Alicja Wolk, found
that the risk of developing kidney cancer was 40 percent
lower for people who consumed 620 grammes of alcohol
a month, compared with those who did not drink at all.
They found that the risk was reduced in people who drank
more than two glasses of red wine a week, or comparable
amounts of white wine or normal-strength beer.
Consumption of weaker beers, fortified wines and spirits
was not linked to a reduced risk of cancer, they found.
The scientists believe that the connection between
alcohol and the reduced risk of kidney cancer could
be due to the presence in some drinks of antioxidants
and antimutagenics.
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