India, May 23 -- A new analysis released ahead of the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago explored the link between cancer deaths and alcohol use.
Researchers used data from the Global Burden of Disease or GBD database, which tracks death rates and risk factors for 35 types of cancer. The study focused on seven types of cancer that are often connected to alcohol - breast, liver, colorectal, throat, voice box, mouth, and esophagus. While alcohol doesn't cause every case of these cancers, it is known to contribute to many of them.
The findings showed that deaths from alcohol-related cancers in the U.S. have doubled over the past three decades from about 11,900 in 1990 to over 23,200 in 2021.
Moreover, the study...