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HEALTH - Research in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, found a close relationship between the white wine and the risk of malignant melanoma in women. The risk becomes greater for body parts that are rarely exposed to sunlight.
According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated there are over 76,000 new cases of melanoma-type skin cancer mematikan- in the US in late 2016, and more than 10,000 people are expected to die from the disease this year.
Although the risk of melanoma is higher 20-fold for people with white skin, genetic factors also can be the biggest cause other.
To see the connection between lifestyle risk of melanoma, researchers from Brown University analyzed data from three large studies involving 210 252 participants for about 18 years.
The scientists analyzed food frequency questionnaire to find out how much alcohol was consumed and how often.
The researchers found that every one glass of alcohol per day are associated with increased risk of melanoma by 14 percent. And for a glass of white wine per day associated with a 13 percent extra risk of melanoma.
However, other forms of alcohol, such as beer and red wine, does not significantly affect a person's risk of melanoma.
The relationship between alcohol and melanoma most likely to happen to the body parts that are less exposure to sunlight.
People who ate about a half glass of white wine, 2 percent more likely to have melanoma of the head, neck, arm, or leg, and 73 percent more likely to have melanoma in their back or stomach.
Gary Goldenberg, MD, medical director of the faculty of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said, "Other studies have shown that patients who consume alcohol, especially more than the recommended amount, has been associated with an increase in skin cancer."
Goldenberg added, have a healthy lifestyle, including a sun in the morning, use of sunscreen during the day and evening, moderate alcohol consumption, not smoking and a healthy diet are all essential to avoid any form of cancer, especially skin cancer.
