Drinking May Cut Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk

October 2005

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While drinking alcohol can raise the risk of several cancers, a new analysis of nine studies involving 15,175 people indicates that alcohol may actually reduce the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The “pooled analysis” by the National Cancer Institute and Yale’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health was published in Lancet Oncology. It concluded that current drinkers reduced their risk by 27% compared to non-drinkers.