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8 Octobre 2025
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Alcohol: a major preventable cause of cancer (IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 6)

In its sixth Evidence Summary Brief, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) highlights alcohol as a major preventable cause of cancer. Despite growing public health concern, alcohol consumption continues to increase in several world regions, including the Americas, the Western Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa, and South-East Asia. Consumption is currently highest in Europe, where awareness remains low: less than half of people know that alcohol can cause cancer.

This IARC Evidence Summary Brief is the sixth in a series of scientific Evidence Summary Briefs published by IARC to call attention to the findings of evidence-based studies in key aspects of cancer prevention.

Read IARC Press Release 371

Read IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 6

Read more about the IARC Evidence Summary Briefs series

 

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Published in section: Actualité du CIRC

Publication date: 8 Octobre, 2025, 0:23

Direct link: https://www.iarc.who.int/fr/news-events/alcohol-a-major-preventable-cause-of-cancer-iarc-evidence-summary-brief-no-6/

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