Is it surprising that theres no difference between red wine or white in terms of breast cancer?
No benefits from Chianti over Chardonnay for breast cancer: study There’s apparently no difference between drinking red or white when it comes to wine’s effect on breast cancer rates — and both appear to have a negative impact, U.S. researchers say. Following previous studies on heart disease and prostate cancer that pointed to potential beneficial effects from red wine, the researchers wanted to see if it similarly affected breast cancer. “We were interested in teasing out red wine’s effects on breast cancer risk,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Polly Newcomb, head of the Cancer Prevention Program in the Public Health Sciences Division at the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle. “The general evidence is that alcohol consumption overall increases breast-cancer risk, but the other studies made us wonder whether red wine might in fact have some positive value,” Newcomb added in a release. The study, which appeared in the March issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Pre
Red And White Wine Have Same Breast Cancer Risk, Study A new US study found that both red and white wine have the same effect on breast cancer risk, that is they increase the risk by the same amount, which is contrary to studies on heart disease and prostate cancer that suggest red wine may have beneficial effects on disease risk compared to white wine. The study was the work of lead author Dr Polly Newcomb, head of the Cancer Prevention Program in the Public Health Sciences Division at the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle, Washington, and colleagues from other research centers, and is published online in the March issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Newcomb said in a press statement that she and her colleagues were interested in finding out what effect red wine might have on breast cancer risk, particularly since it has been singled out in other studies as being beneficial, such as on risk of heart disease and prostate cancer. “The general evidence is that alcoho
The way I understand what you’re trying to ask is if it is surprising the red wine and white wine offers no difference in risk of breast cancer. They carry the same risk. This should not be viewed as surprising because both wines contain alcohol and are equally bad. Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/10/healthmag.wine.breast.
