The correlation between alcohol consumption and reducing the age of cancer incidence in patients with this disease

Introduction: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Given that since 1988, the International Agency for Research on Cancer has identified alcohol as the first group of carcinogens that in the highest level of risk and in Khuzestan province there are limited studies on the relationship between alcohol and cancer. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the Correlation between alcohol consumption and reducing the age of cancer incidence in patients with this disease Resident in Khuzestan province from 2016 to 2018. Materials and Methods: This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analytical descriptive study. And included a survey of 2483 patients with various types of cancer Hospitalized in Shafa and Baghaei 2 Hospitals, resident of Ahwaz, Shoushtar, Abadan and Behbahan, which was conducted by nine researchers investigate their cases. Patients diagnosed with any cancer and referred to treatment centers in the aforementioned city from 2016 to 2018 were investigated and entered to study. All cancer patients were of different types in each age group and sexually diagnosed with the disease. Enter into the study and records that had medical diagnosis other than the disease, and files that were incompletely filled, were excluded. The data in this study included demographic, laboratory and clinical data of patients. Data were then entered into SPSS software version 20. Data were analyzed using descriptive, analytical, and significant level of P <0.05. Results: The study included 2483 cancer patients with an average 61.00±43.36 age of years of these, 1447 (58.2%) were female and the rest were male patients. In this study, 216 (8.6) had a history of alcohol consumption and the rest did not consume any. There was a significant relationship between sex with a history of alcohol consumption (p <0.0001). Also, there was a significant relationship between age and alcohol consumption (p = 0.001). Also, patients who consumed alcohol, compared to those who did not consume alcohol, had a lower average age, so we can say that alcohol reduces the age of incidence to cancer. Conclusion: In this study, a significant relationship was found between age and alcohol consumption. Also Patients who had consumed alcohol, compared to those who did not eat at all, they had a lower average age, so we can say that alcohol reduces the age of incidence to cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to follow up on the prevention of alcohol addiction and they should be treated after alcohol addiction, and it must be done preventive measures to prevent than incidence to cancer.