GUMC Update : Shields Talks with the Boston Globe about Alcohol and Cancer Risk

Shields Talks with the Boston Globe about Alcohol and Cancer Risk

March 27, 2009

Peter Shields, deputy director of Lombardi, spoke to the Boston Globe about a new study which indicates that even mild consumption of alcohol can lead to an increase in a person’s risk of developing cancer. Shields compared this new information with past studies that indicate a reduction in a person’s risk of heart disease with this type of drinking. For him, the threat of developing cancer is more daunting than heart disease.

"As an oncologist, of course, I think if I was going to go, I'd rather have heart disease," Shields told the Boston Globe. "I think the cardiologists, they do a pretty good job of figuring out how to keep the plumbing to your heart working."

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