Daily drinking increases the risk for lung, gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, urinary tract, liver, brain cancers, and leukemia. About 75% of cancers of the esophagus and 50% of cancers of the mouth, and throat are attributed to alcoholism. (Wine appears to pose less danger for these cancers than beer or hard liquor.) Smoking combined with drinking enhances risks for most of these cancers dramatically. When women consume as little as one drink a day, they may increase their chances of breast cancer by as much as 30%. ...

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Alcoholism can also lead to impotence in men, damage to the fetus in pregnant women, and an elevated risk of cancer of the larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, and upper gastrointestinal tract. ... Heavy drinkers will increase their likelihood of getting cancer. By drinking excessively you are doubling the risk of getting cancer of the gullet, trebling it for cancer of the throat and quadrupling it for cancer of the voice box. The risk of getting breast cancer is also greatly increased. ...

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This can also cause testicular shrinkage, breast enlargement, and decreased sperm development in males. Females can experience irregular meunstral cycles, loss of a sex drive, and an increase in the production of estradial, which increases the risk of breast cancer. ...

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"Alcoholism is a chronic, often progressive disease in which a person continues to crave and drink alcohol despite repeated alcohol-related problems, such as losing a job or getting into trouble with the law" (Alcoholism. iVillage).The signs and symptoms of alcoholism could be any or all of the following: "a craving for alcohol, inability to control drinking habits, withdraw symptoms when alcohol use is stopped after a period of heavy drinking, the need for increasing amounts of alcohol in order to feel its effects, psychological, social, and occupational dysfunction, malnutrition, anorexia...

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