Teen drinking linked to raised breast cancer risk

Research in the US has found that women who regularly drank during their teens and 20s, before they had children, were more likely to develop breast cancer in later life. The study looked at a particular point in a woman’s life – the period between having her first menstrual period (menarche) and her first pregnancy, according to a report in NHS choices.  The research found there was an association between alcohol consumption during this time and an increase in the risk of benign breast cancer (BBD) and breast cancer. The association seems to be dose-dependent – the more alcohol women consumed,