date:Nov 19, 2012
ast Cancer Pooling Project to examine how post-diagnosis alcoholic beverage consumption would affect recurrence and mortality in the patients. During a mean 10.3 year follow-up, 1,646 recurrences and 1,543 deaths were recorded.
Patients in the study were women in three prospective US cohorts who were diagnosed with AJCC Stage I-III breast tumors between 1990 and 2006. Alcoholic beverage intake was estimated at baseline (on average 2,1 years after diagnosis) using a food frequency questionnair