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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 276-277, 2001
© 2001 Medical Council on Alcoholism

LETTER TO THE EDITORS

Alcohol exposure in utero and breast cancer risk later in life

Richard G. Stevens*, and Leena Hilakivi-Clarke1,

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 and
1 Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA

Received 24 October 2000; accepted 4 January 2001

Since the pioneering work of Hiatt and Bawol (1984), there has amassed a considerable amount of evidence that moderate-to-heavy alcohol consumption increases risk of breast cancer in women (Willett et al., 1987Go; Longnecker, 1999Go). A plausible mechanism is by alcohol's effects on circulating hormone levels. Alcohol administration has been reported to increase circulating oestradiol levels in pre-menopausal women (Reichman et al., 1993Go); the evidence is mixed in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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