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Study Suggests Red Wine May Protect Against Lung Cancer
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Dr. Leonard Lichtenfeld, the American Cancer Society's deputy chief medical officer, doesn't think that one study proves that red wine will protect you from lung cancer.
"It's an interesting study, and it raises interesting questions about whether or not there is a cancer protective effect in red wine," he said. "It is important that this be looked at further to see if that association holds up."
Lichtenfeld noted that there have been previous reports of a benefit of red wine for cancer prevention that didn't pan out. "Before we get overly excited about this, we really need to see these effects replicated," he said.
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"Clearly, we aren't recommending that smokers go out and start consuming large amounts of red wine as a potential protection from getting lung cancer," he added. "There are other research reports that show that any alcohol, including red wine, can increase the risk of other cancers such as breast cancer."
More information
For more on lung cancer, visit the National Cancer Institute.
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Last updated 10/7/2008
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SOURCES: Chun Rebecca Chao, Ph.D., research scientist, Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena; Leonard Lichtenfeld, M.D., deputy chief medical officer, American Cancer Society, Atlanta; October 2008, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
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