Lifetime heavy drinking sharply raises colorectal cancer risk, major US study finds

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260128/Lifetime-heavy-drinking-sharply-raises-colorectal-cancer-risk-major-US-study-finds.aspx A large US trial shows that the cumulative burden of alcohol over decades matters for colorectal cancer risk, with heavy lifelong drinking increasing danger and stopping alcohol linked to fewer early precancerous polyps.