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Published online 13 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021111-5
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Alcohol raises risk of breast cancer
Drinking, but not smoking linked to breast cancer.
Up to 4% of breast cancers in the developed world can be attributed to alcohol, according to a new analysis. Smoking, on the other hand, seems to have little effect on breast-cancer risk.
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