ArticleBMC cancer2019
Pre-diagnosis alcohol consumption and mortality risk among black women and white women with invasive breast cancer.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between alcohol consumption and breast cancer incidence and prognosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2026Pooled it
- Alcohol consumption and breast cancer prognosis after breast cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta‑analysis of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 2022 edition.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023Pooled it
- The Role of Diet, Alcohol, BMI, and Physical Activity in Cancer Mortality: Summary Findings of the EPIC Study.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Tumor Characteristics and Event Free Survival in Older and Younger Women with Early Breast Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Association of Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption With Subsequent Mortality Among Black Breast Cancer Survivors in New Jersey.JAMA network open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of breast cancer; however, its association with subsequent risk of breast cancer death is unclear.
methodsWe followed 4523 women with complete information on relevant risk factors for mortality; these women were 35 to 64 years of age when diagnosed with incident invasive breast cancer between 1994 and 1998. During follow up (median, 8.6 years), 1055 women died; 824 died from breast cancer. The information on alcohol consumption before diagnosis was collected shortly after breast cancer diagnosis (average: 5.1 months) during an in-person interview which used a structured questionnaire. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models provided hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for breast cancer-specific mortality, mortality due to causes other than breast cancer, and all-cause mortality associated with alcohol consumption from age 15 years until breast cancer diagnosis and during recent periods of time prior to breast cancer diagnosis.
resultsAverage weekly alcohol consumption from age 15 years until breast cancer diagnosis was inversely associated with breast cancer-specific mortality (P
conclusionsOverall, we found no evidence that alcohol consumption before breast cancer diagnosis increases subsequent risk of death from breast cancer.
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