Alcohol consumption risk increases for certain cancers with as little as 1 drink per day.

“Moderate drinkers (1-3 drinks/day) increase their risk of colorectal cancer by 17%, breast cancer by 23%, larynx cancer by 44%, oral cancer by 83%, and esophageal cancer by 123%.”

“heavy drinking defined as more than three drinks per day is associated with a drastic increase in the relative risk for most cancers ranging from 15 to 21% for lung and stomach cancers to over 300 to 400% for esophageal fenal and oral cancers”

“moderate drinking defined as consuming an average of one to three drinks per day significantly impacts the risk of developing several types of cancer which increases ranging from 12% to 123% depending on the cancer type and the individual's Baseline risk for example the risk of oral Fingal and lingal Cancers in men might rise from a baseline risk of approximately 1 in 60 up to 1 in 27 women starting from a lower Baseline risk about 1 in 140 could see their risk increase up to 1 in 63 coloral cancer risk in men could climb from 1 in 23 up to 1 in 10 while for women the Baseline risk for coloral cancer is is 1 in 125 and that might go up to 1 in 11 for breast cancer affecting women predominantly the risk can Surge from 1 in8 up to 1 in four lastly liver cancer risk for men may jump from 1 in 81 up to 1 in 36 and for women from 1 in 196 up to 1 in 88”

“any amount of alcohol appears to increase cancer risk with moderate and heavy drinking increasing risk more than light drinking”

“light drinking defined as less than an average of seven drinks per week increases the risk for breast and coloral cancer by around 4 and 9 % oral and Fingal cancer by 13 to 17% and esophageal and malignant melanoma by 26 to 44%”