2021
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agab042
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Alcohol Consumption Is a Modifiable Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: Are Women Aware of This Relationship?

Abstract: Aims Despite alcohol consumption being a dose-dependent risk factor for breast cancer, a recent study conducted in the UK found <20% of women attending breast screening programmes were aware of this relationship and proposed proper information campaigns need to be conducted. We aimed to investigate the awareness of this relationship among a related sample of Italian women to evaluate whether similar information campaigns should also be conducted in Italy. … Show more

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“…274 A continued challenge in primary prevention in adults is that many individuals are not aware of some of the health risks of alcohol use; for example, less than one in five women attending breast screening programs were aware of the relationship between alcohol use and breast cancer. 275 Arguably the most promising youth approach, the so-called Icelandic strategy, 274 focuses less on alcohol per se and more on improving parental engagement and promotion of alternative reinforcers, such as access to alcohol-free recreational activities. Compared with primary prevention, secondary and tertiary prevention have more supporting evidence for reducing alcohol use and harms 276,277 .…”
Section: Preventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…274 A continued challenge in primary prevention in adults is that many individuals are not aware of some of the health risks of alcohol use; for example, less than one in five women attending breast screening programs were aware of the relationship between alcohol use and breast cancer. 275 Arguably the most promising youth approach, the so-called Icelandic strategy, 274 focuses less on alcohol per se and more on improving parental engagement and promotion of alternative reinforcers, such as access to alcohol-free recreational activities. Compared with primary prevention, secondary and tertiary prevention have more supporting evidence for reducing alcohol use and harms 276,277 .…”
Section: Preventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alcohol consumption increases the risk of BC [147][148][149][150][151][152] in both pre-and postmenopausal women with the strongest evidence for postmenopausal BC [153]. It is not clear whether there is any differential impact for different tumour biological subtypes with conflicting findings [154][155][156][157].…”
Section: Alcohol Consumptionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most studies on primary alcohol prevention are on school programmes that primarily provide education about alcohol's harmful effects, although they have very little effect on preventing youth alcohol use [266][267][268] . A continued challenge in primary prevention in Q33 adults is that many individuals are not aware of some of the health risks of alcohol use; for example, fewer than one in five women attending breast screening programmes were aware of the relationship between alcohol use and breast cancer 269 . Arguably the most promising youth approach, the so-called Icelandic strategy 268 , focuses less on alcohol per se and more on improving parental engagement and promotion of alternative reinforcers, such as access to alcohol-free recreational activities.…”
Section: Young Adult Adverse Alcohol Consequences Questionnairementioning
confidence: 99%