Larynx cancers attributable to alcohol consumption in the Republic of Belarus

Authors

  • Aliaksei G. Sysa Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus
  • Darya V. Makarevich Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus
  • Alena P. Zhyvitskaya Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

Keywords:

alcohol, larynx cancer, risk factor, population attributable fraction

Abstract

For the larynx cancer there is convincing evidence of a positive association with alcohol consumption. Sex- and cancer-specific population attributable fractions (PAF) were calculated based on: 1) the prevalence of alcohol drinkers among people ≥15 years of age in 2000; 2) the average daily alcohol consumption (g/day) among drinkers in 2000; 3) national cancer incidence data from 2015. Among men, 36,9 % (330 cases) of incident laryngeal cancer cases were attributable to alcohol consumption. Among women, 13,7 % (4 cancer cases) of incident cancers were attributable to alcohol consumption. Avoiding alcohol consumption, or reducing it from the median of the highest 4th quartile of consumption (50.0 g/day for men, 30.0 g/day for women) to the median of the lowest quartile (20.0 g/day for men, 10.0 g/day for women), would reduce the burden of alcohol-related cancers in Belarus. A reduction in alcohol consumption would decrease the cancer burden and a significant impact is anticipated specifically for the larynx cancers among men in the Republic of Belarus.

Author Biographies

  • Aliaksei G. Sysa, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (chemical), associate professor; head of the chair of environmental chemistry

  • Darya V. Makarevich, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    student of the faculty of environmental medicine

  • Alena P. Zhyvitskaya, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    senior lecturer of the chair of immunology and environmental epidemiology

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Published

2018-03-18

Issue

No. 3 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

Medical Ecology

How to Cite

[1]
Sysa, A.G. et al. 2018. Larynx cancers attributable to alcohol consumption in the Republic of Belarus. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 3 (Mar. 2018), 64–71.