DR. MARC SIEGEL: Surgeon General smart to warn Americans about alcohol's cancer risk
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In a new health advisory, the Surgeon General shares about the relationship between alcohol and several types of cancer mainly involving the gastrointestinal tract and the breast.
The evidence is building up that true prevention is a lifestyle choice that occurs before you ever reach the doctor's office. Marc Siegel, M.D. is a professor of medicine and medical director of Doctor Radio at NYU Langone Medical Center. He is Fox News Channel's senior medical analyst and author of "COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science." Follow him on Twitter @drmarcsiegel.
This is particularly important because earlier generations have been led to believe that some alcohol may actually be good for you, at least in small amounts. But Murthy points out that alcohol is, in fact, the third leading preventable cause of cancer, behind tobacco and obesity. "Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States," he said in the advisory on Friday.