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Antibiotics increase the risk of colon cancer

Antibiotics increase the risk of colon cancer - آنتی بیوتیک ها و سرطان

There is a clear link between taking antibiotics and an increased risk of developing colon cancer within the next five to ten years. This has been confirmed by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, after a study of 40,000 cancer cases. The impact of antibiotics on the intestinal microbiome is thought to lie behind the increased risk of cancer.

The results underline the fact that there are many reasons to be restrictive with antibiotics. While in many cases antibiotic therapy is necessary and saves lives, in the event of less serious ailments that can be expected to heal anyway, caution should be exercised. Above all to prevent bacteria from developing resistance but, as this study shows, also because antibiotics may increase the risk of future colon cancer.

The study is funded by the Lions Cancer Research Fund of Northern Sweden. It is published in the JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute , one of the world’s highest ranked cancer research journals.

Release date: 01 September 2021
Source: Umea University

New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk

New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk - مشروبات الکلی و سرطان

A new study from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published in the journal Lancet Oncology, has found an association between alcohol and a substantially higher risk of several forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and oral cancers. Increased risk was evident even among light to moderate drinkers (up to two drinks a day), who represented 1 in 7 of all new cancers in 2020 and more than 100,000 cases worldwide.

In Canada, alcohol use was linked to 7,000 new cases of cancer in 2020, including 24 per cent of breast cancer cases, 20 per cent of colon cancers, 15 per cent of rectal cancers, and 13 per cent of oral and liver cancers.

Release date: 13 July 2021
Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health