ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2023
Alcohol intake and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.
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- Consumption of Red Versus White Wine and Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Causal relationship between diet and common female diseases: a comprehensive Mendelian randomization study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Insomnia and Female Reproductive Diseases: A Cross-Sectional and Mendelian Randomization Study.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Alcohol Consumption and Breast and Ovarian Cancer Development: Molecular Pathways and Mechanisms.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Review
- Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer: From Molecular Pathologies to Clinical Relevance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Early-Onset Ovarian Cancer <30 Years: What Do We Know about Its Genetic Predisposition?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the association between alcohol intake over the lifetime and the risk of overall, borderline, and invasive ovarian cancer.
methodsIn a population-based case-control study of 495 cases and 902 controls, conducted in Montreal, Canada, average alcohol intake over the lifetime and during specific age periods were computed from a detailed assessment of the intake of beer, red wine, white wine and spirits. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between alcohol intake and ovarian cancer risk.
resultsFor each one drink/week increment in average alcohol intake over the lifetime, the adjusted OR (95% CI) was 1.06 (1.01-1.10) for ovarian cancer overall, 1.13 (1.06-1.20) for borderline ovarian cancers and 1.02 (0.97-1.08) for invasive ovarian cancers. This pattern of association was similarly observed for alcohol intake in early (15- < 25 years), mid (25- < 40 years) and late adulthood (≥ 40 years), as well as for the intake of specific alcohol beverages over the lifetime.
conclusionsOur results support the hypothesis that a higher alcohol intake modestly increases the risk of overall ovarian cancer, and more specifically, borderline tumours.
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