It's not every day that a group of the nation's top cancer doctors asks people to curb their drinking.In a statement released Tuesday, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) outlined research tying alcohol to two types of cancer and told Americans to drink less.
"ASCO believes that a proactive stance by the Society to minimize excessive exposure to alcohol has important implications for cancer prevention," the statement, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, said.
This is the first time the organization has taken a stance on alcohol and cancer, but it is not the first time the research has found strong links between the two. ...
