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Alcohol and smoking the culprits in bowel cancer 

Each year, worldwide around one million new cases of bowel (colorectal) cancer are diagnosed and more than half a million people die from the disease.

In Australia it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and there are more than 12,000 new cases each year and according to scientists at Sydney's George Institute for International Health, the main culprits in bowel cancer are alcohol and tobacco.

The new research reviewed more than 100 international published studies on the link between major and modifiable risk factors for colorectal cancer including alcohol, smoking, diabetes, physical activity and various dietary components and it has revealed that lifestyle risk factors such as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are important risk factors for bowel cancer.

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