Karen Canfell, Lead of Cancer Elimination Collaboration (CEC) at the University of Sydney, shared Peter Sarich’s post on LinkedIn, adding:
“A milestone paper out today from the CEC team with collaborators – an important new update on the number of cancers in Australia estimated to be caused by alcohol – over 7,800 in 2024.
This study is the work of the immensely talented Peter Sarich and builds on a number his key analyses over the years, starting with Peter’s PhD work.
Congratulations Peter and also Marianne Weber, senior author.”
Quoting Peter Sarich’s post:
“Our new study at The Cancer Elimination Collaboration (CEC), Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney investigates alcohol and cancer risk in relation to Australia’s updated alcohol guidelines.
We estimate that 7,804 cancer cases (4.6% of all cancers) were caused by alcohol in Australia in 2024.
This evidence adds to case for greater awareness and public health action addressing alcohol use in Australia.”
Title: Alcohol-attributable cancer risk and burden estimates for Australia’s updated alcohol consumption guidelines
Authors: Peter Sarich, Karen Canfell, Sam Egger, Emily Banks, Grace Joshy, Lyndal Wellard-Cole, Clare Hughes, Nehmat Houssami, Paul Grogan, Marianne F. Weber
Read the full article on British Journal of Cancer.
Other articles featuring Karen Canfell on OncoDaily.