Heavy Drinking and Breast CancerAlcohol Addiction, Alcoholism, Preventative MedicineBy Lucida TreatmentFebruary 4, 2020Alcohol is poisonous to human beings, and the body needs to break this substance down as rapidly as possible. A 2013 study in the journal Breast Cancer Research looked at the alcohol-processing enzyme CYP2E1 for possible connections to breast cancer. CYP2E1 appears in higher amounts in heavy drinkers. Ergo, heavy drinking and breast cancer are…