Marc Bombenon is a Calgary businessman. His early career started in cellular wireless ventures which transformed into intentional call centers.
ASCO, which includes many leading cancer doctors, had yet to voice its own thoughts on the topic. That changed this month, with the Nov. 7 publication of a statement in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that begins by calling the link between the two "often underappreciated" and noting that "addressing high-risk alcohol use is one strategy to reduce the burden of cancer." In the statement they cite outside research they've found to be sound, like an estimate that 5.8 percent of global cancer deaths in 2012 were attributable to alcohol, and evidence that drinking can increase the risk of mouth, throat, voice box, liver, breast, esophageal, and correctional cancers.
