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33 studies (46 claims)
Emerging evidence
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chronic alcohol use disorder or occasional binge drinking | No effect - can cause | cancer | Human | — | Not specified. | Natural Products for the Prevention and Treatment of Hangover and Alcohol Use Disorder.cited 54× |
| mouthwashes containing alcohol | No effect - no sufficient evidence to accept the proposition | development of oral cancer | Human | — | Not specified. | Mouthwash With Alcohol and Oral Carcinogenesis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 16× |
| mouthwashes with alcohol | Increases - relationship with possibility of developing cancer | cancer | Human | — | Not specified. | Mouthwash With Alcohol and Oral Carcinogenesis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 16× |
| mouthwashes with alcohol | Increases - OR = 1.480 | cancer risk | Human | — | Not specified. | Mouthwash With Alcohol and Oral Carcinogenesis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 16× |
| mouthwashes with alcohol | Increases - increased risk of oral cancer | risk of oral cancer | Human | — | Not specified. | Mouthwash With Alcohol and Oral Carcinogenesis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 16× |
| mouthwash use without taking into account the presence of alcohol | Increases - OR = 1.057 | risk of cancer | Human | — | Not specified. | Mouthwash With Alcohol and Oral Carcinogenesis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 16× |
| alcohol-based mouthwashes | Increases - found a relationship | oral cancer | Human | subjects | Not specified | Alcohol-based mouthwash as a risk factor of oral cancer: A systematic review.cited 26× |
| alcohol mouthwash | Increases - found this relationship | oral cancer | Human | subjects | Not specified | Alcohol-based mouthwash as a risk factor of oral cancer: A systematic review.cited 26× |
| alcohol mouthwash | No effect - failed to find this relationship | oral cancer | Human | subjects | Not specified | Alcohol-based mouthwash as a risk factor of oral cancer: A systematic review.cited 26× |
| avoiding alcohol consumption | Decreases - associated with | cancer development, progression, and severity | Human | — | Not specified | Healthy Lifestyle and Cancer Risk: Modifiable Risk Factors to Prevent Cancer.cited 49× |
| alcohol consumption | Increases - induced an increase | incidence of all three types of cancer under study | Human | — | Not specified | Healthy Lifestyle and Cancer Risk: Modifiable Risk Factors to Prevent Cancer.cited 49× |
| alcohol and high fat diet | Increases - increasing | risk of primary liver cancer | Human | — | Not mentioned | Examining the gut-liver axis in liver cancer using organoid models.cited 26× |
| alcohol consumption | Increases - are linked to a higher risk | breast cancer risk | Human | — | Not mentioned | Modifiable Risk Factors for Breast Cancer: Insights From Systematic Reviews.cited 2× |
| alcohol consumption | Increases - associated with increased risks | cancer | Human | — | Not specified (advice on moderation vs. abstention). | Should we remove wine from the Mediterranean diet?: a narrative review.cited 7× |
| alcohol consumption | Increases - positively correlated with | development of prostate cancer (PCa) | Human | many comprehensive studies from different geographical areas and nationalities | Not specified | Alcohol and Prostate Cancer: Time to Draw Conclusions.cited 28× |
| alcohol consumption | Increases - strong effect of | gastric cancer risk | Human | participants in prospective cohort studies | Not specified (measured as dietary intake increments of 5 g/day). | Landscape of dietary factors associated with risk of gastric cancer: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.cited 171× |
| alcohol consumption | Increases - risk of gastric cancer was increased by | gastric cancer risk | Human | participants in prospective cohort studies | Not specified (measured as dietary intake increments of 5 g/day). | Landscape of dietary factors associated with risk of gastric cancer: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.cited 171× |
| alcohol | No effect - seem to have no influence on | bladder cancer incidence | Human | — | Not specified. | Prevention of bladder cancer incidence and recurrence: nutrition and lifestyle.cited 41× |
| alcohol | Increases - associated with an increased risk | cancer | Human | — | Moderate consumption (red wine with meals, avoiding binge drinking) | Alcohol, Drinking Pattern, and Chronic Disease.cited 45× |
| alcohol | Decreases - significantly negatively associated | cancer-related fatigue | Human | cancer patients | Not specified (adherence measured via AMED scores based on 24-h dietary recall). | Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with lower cancer-related fatigue: a cross-sectional analysis from NHANES 2017-2020. |
| alcohol | Increases - implicated in the development | colorectal cancer | Human | — | Not specified | Environmental Factors, Gut Microbiota, and Colorectal Cancer Prevention.cited 223× |
| alcohol | No effect | colorectal cancer-specific mortality | Human | colorectal cancer survivors | Not specified | Post-diagnosis dietary factors, supplement use and colorectal cancer prognosis: A Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis.cited 10× |
| alcohol | No effect - would not outweigh potential benefits | risk of cancer | Human | — | Up to 20 g/day (2 drinks) for men and 10 g/day (1 drink) for nonpregnant women; up to 2-3 drinks/day for men and 1-2 drinks/day for women with cardiovascular disease. | Alcohol dosing and the heart: updating clinical evidence.cited 10× |
| alcohol | No effect - showed no significant effect | thyroid cancer | Human | — | Not specified | Diet as a possible influencing factor in thyroid cancer incidence: the point of view of the nutritionist.cited 9× |
| excessive alcohol consumption | Increases - strongly associated | head and neck cancer | Human | — | Not mentioned | Basic consideration of research strategies for head and neck cancer.cited 12× |
| excessive alcohol consumption | Increases - is a most important risk factor | oral cancer | Human | — | Not available | The importance of oncogenic transcription factors for oral cancer pathogenesis and treatment.cited 13× |
| avoidance of smoking and heavy alcohol use, prevention of weight gain, and maintenance of a reasonable level of physical activity | Decreases - are associated with markedly lower risks | colorectal cancer | Human | — | Not specified | Primary prevention of colorectal cancer.cited 437× |
| alcohol intake | Increases - was directly associated with | breast cancer risk | Human | women who participated in the Supplémentation en Vitamines et Minéraux Antioxydants study | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | Increases - was directly associated with | breast cancer risk | Human | individuals with low dietary fiber intake | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | No effect - was not associated with | breast cancer risk | Human | individuals with higher dietary fiber intake | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | No effect - was not associated with | hormone-dependent cancer risk | Human | individuals with higher dietary fiber intake | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | Increases - was directly associated with | hormone-dependent cancer risk | Human | individuals with low dietary fiber intake | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | Increases - was directly associated with | prostate cancer risk | Human | individuals with low dietary fiber intake | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | No effect - was not associated with | prostate cancer risk | Human | individuals with higher dietary fiber intake | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | No effect - was not associated with | prostate cancer risk | Human | men who participated in the Supplémentation en Vitamines et Minéraux Antioxydants study | Not specified | Prospective association between alcohol intake and hormone-dependent cancer risk: modulation by dietary fiber intake.cited 17× |
| alcohol intake | Increases - may increase | breast cancer risk | Human | women | Not specified | Lifestyle components and primary breast cancer prevention.cited 19× |
| excessive consumption of tobacco and alcohol | Increases - occurs mainly due to | Oral cancer | Human | middle-aged people | Not specified | Oral squamous cell carcinoma in a 10 year old boy.cited 3× |
| Perillyl alcohol (POH) | Decreases - is able to inhibit | cancer cell growth | Molecular | cancer cells | — | Lovastatin and perillyl alcohol inhibit glioma cell invasion, migration, and proliferation--impact of Ras-/Rho-prenylation. |
| perillyl alcohol | Decreases - have beneficial action | pancreatic cancer cells | Molecular | in vitro studies | Not specified | Potential New Pharmacological Agents Derived From Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer.cited 20× |
| a diet rich in fruits and vegetables but limited in fats, red meats, salt and alcohol | Decreases - can enable prevention or early detection of | cancer | Human | transplant recipients | Not specified | Education and counseling of renal transplant recipients.cited 8× |
| alcohol use | Increases - are important risk factors that predispose to | cancer of the oral cavity | Human | Asian populations | Not specified | Epidemiology of oral cancer in Asia in the past decade--an update (2000-2012).cited 285× |
| reduction in the exposure to tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and betel nut chewing | Decreases - determined a recent decrease | incidence rates of head and neck cancer | HumanMolecular | many countries | Not mentioned | Synthetic lethality and PARP-inhibitors in oral and head & neck cancer.cited 7× |
| patchouli alcohol | No effect - support its potential role as | a therapeutic agent for prostate cancer | Molecular | — | — | Integrative Bioinformatics and Experimental Validation Reveal the Mechanistic Action of Patchouli Alcohol in Prostate Cancer Treatment. |
| patchouli alcohol | No effect - influences | inflammatory pathways associated with prostate cancer | Molecular | — | — | Integrative Bioinformatics and Experimental Validation Reveal the Mechanistic Action of Patchouli Alcohol in Prostate Cancer Treatment. |
| patchouli alcohol | No effect - appears to influence | multiple hub genes associated with prostate cancer progression | Molecular | — | — | Integrative Bioinformatics and Experimental Validation Reveal the Mechanistic Action of Patchouli Alcohol in Prostate Cancer Treatment. |
| Patchouli alcohol (PA) | Decreases - anti-cancer | cancer | Human | — | — | Potential benefits of patchouli alcohol in prevention of human diseases: A mechanistic review.cited 32× |
| Patchouli alcohol (PA) | Decreases - downregulated | cancer stem cell (CD44 and CD133) markers | Molecular | A549 and VCR-resistant A549/V16 NSCLC cells | — | Patchouli alcohol induces G0 /G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in vincristine-resistant non-small cell lung cancer through ROS-mediated DNA damage.cited 9× |
| patchouli alcohol | Decreases - exerted antitumor ability | human lung cancer A549 cells | HumanMolecular | in vitro | — | Molecular Role of EGFR-MAPK Pathway in Patchouli Alcohol-Induced Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest on A549 Cells In Vitro and In Vivo.cited 19× |
| patchouli alcohol | Decreases - exerted antitumor ability | human lung cancer A549 cells | HumanMolecular | in vivo | — | Molecular Role of EGFR-MAPK Pathway in Patchouli Alcohol-Induced Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest on A549 Cells In Vitro and In Vivo.cited 19× |
| Patchouli alcohol (PA) | Decreases - produced a marked effect in | the treatment of gastric cancer (GC) | HumanMolecular | — | — | Regulatory Mechanism and Experimental Verification of Patchouli Alcohol on Gastric Cancer Cell Based on Network Pharmacology.cited 11× |