Let’s talk about alcohol and cigarettes.
You might ask:
Is there a safe level of drinking?
And the answer might surprise you:
No, there isn’t.
Drinking even small amounts of alcohol increases risk of breast cancer and it’s recurrence.
Alcohol intake increases concentrations of oestrogen circulating in the body also linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.
More specifically, alcohol can be metabolised into acetaldehyde, a chemical that damages the DNA inside cells.
Now, what about smoking?
Smoking is associated with an increased incidence of hormone receptor positive breast cancer, especially in premenopausal women.
Cigarette smoke contains chemicals linked to breast cancer, such as benzene and vinyl chloride.
t’s been shown that the probability of a breast cancer recurrence in smokers was 41% higher and breast cancer mortality was 60% higher.
