Hi Louise
Thank you for your reply
Just statistics however it does not tells us how and when the data was collected so to my interpretation yes there would be a risk associated with heavy drinking but not with moderate drinking.I am sorry about your encounters with cancer my wife like you she is also a very moderate person yet she has had cancer a number of times inspite her moderate drinking (a bottle a week) and excellent diet (fresh foods, fruits and red meat) over her whole life. Yet the disease struck her badly and there was not statistical inference to say she would have to fight this over and over. So to us statistics are just another possible random indicator. This statistc may be relevant to the person that drinks way above average of one or two glasses a day and that puts her in higher risk category however it may not necessarily follow from that she will get bc or close to it. Such person will have a 20% higher chance. So yes! excessive drinking lead or may contribute to the onset of the disease but not causing it if my interpretationis are correct.. Loiuse you may safely assume you'd be in the very the low category. If bc strikes again it will be for other reasons rather than excessive consumption of ethanol.
Best wishes to you and stay away from hospitals
