[EN] How strong is the association between alcohol and gastric cancer risk? These authors pooled data from 20 epidemiological studies worldwide to quantify the connection. People who drank up to four alcoholic drinks a day, they found, had similar risk to those who abstained. Those who took more than four drinks per day saw their risk rise by 20%, while those who imbibed most heavily—6 or more drinks per day—boosted their risk by 50%, or for non-smokers, nearly doubled their risk. Further-more, they saw the same association with or without H. pylori infection.S
