article_snippet: Just three drinks a day can be enough to cause liver cancer, according to an extensive review of global research.
article_snippet: The increase in risk per 10g of alcohol consumed – around one alcoholic drink – is about 4 per cent, says World Cancer Research Fund.
article_snippet: As a result three or more drinks pose a significant cancer risk, World Cancer Research Fund adds.
article_snippet: The risk of liver cancer is increased by 4 per cent for every 10g of alcohol consumed, meaning three or more drinks a day pose a significant cancer risk, a research review has claimed .
article_snippet: The WCRF recommends women should try to limit women alcohol intake to one drink per day and men to two.
article_snippet: Amanda McLean, director of WCRF UK, said: 'Around three or more drinks per day can be enough to cause liver cancer.
article_snippet: Drinkaware added: 'To help reduce the risk of getting alcohol-related liver cancer, it is best to drink within the lower-risk guidelines of 2-3 units a day for women, that's a 175ml glass of 13 per cent wine, or 3-4 units a day for men, a pint and a half of 4 per cent beer.'
article_snippet: Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton professor of the public understanding of risk, University of Cambridge, said that while the increase in risk of liver cancer per 10g of alcohol consumed was about 4 per cent, that level of alcohol was 'extremely unlikely to cause cancer', especially as the report says the increase in risk only starts at levels above 5.5 units a day.
article_snippet: Paul Pharoah, professor of cancer epidemiology, University of Cambridge, said the evidence appeared to show three drinks a day led to 'a very small' absolute increase in risk from ten in 1,000 to 12 in 1,000 for men and 5 in 1,000 to 5.6 in 1,000 for women.
article_snippet: Paul Pharoah, professor of cancer epidemiology, University of Cambridge added: 'Even though the data specifically related to primary liver cancer do not support the recommendation to limit alcohol intake to one drink a day for women and two for men, there are plenty of other reasons to support the recommendations.'
highlights_snippet: Just three alcoholic drinks a day could be enough to cause liver cancer .
  