Over three-quarters of new alcohol-related cancer cases diagnosed last year were in men. — AFP Alcohol consumption was linked to 4% (741,300) of all new global cancer cases last year (2020), according to a study published July 14 (2021). As such, the researchers warn-ed of an urgent need to alert people of the risks. Men accounted for more than three-quarters of the estimated cases (77% or 568,700 cases), which were mainly linked to risky or heavy drinking. However, one in seven of these alcohol-related cancers were linked to moderate consumption of around two drinks a day. The study, published in the journal The Lancet Oncology, estimated that there were more than 6.3 million cases in 2020 of mouth, pharynx, voice box larynx, oesophageal, colon, rectum, liver and breast cancer – all of which have established links to alcohol.