Kaiser Permanente study: Alcohol amount, not type — wine, beer,

Kaiser Permanente study: Alcohol amount, not type — wine, beer, liquor — triggers breast cancer (EurekAlert!)
Oakland, CA — One of the largest individual studies of the effects of alcohol on the risk of breast cancer shows that it makes no difference whether a woman drinks wine, beer or spirits (liquor). It is the alcohol itself (ethyl alcohol) and the quantity consumed that increases breast cancer risk.