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Sources:
All information taken from Pisani P. Avoidable Cancer in Europe:
Estimating Etiologic Fractions. Final Report to the European
Commission, Contract No. 96-200504. Lyon, IARC, 2000. The
exception if breast cancer which was calculated based on a
relative risk of 1.1 and prevalence of exposure of 30%.
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|
|
Estimated
number and proportion of cancer cases attributable to alcohol
consumption in European Union (1995)
|
| Cancer |
|
Men |
|
Women |
| |
N |
% |
N |
% |
| Oral
Cavity and Pharynx |
13,900 |
36 |
2,700 |
29 |
| Oesophagus |
7,400 |
41 |
2,100 |
34 |
| Liver |
3,300 |
17 |
500 |
25 |
| Larynx |
6,600 |
30 |
1,200 |
13 |
| Breast |
|
|
6,000 |
3 |
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