Dr. Tabatha Barber argues oncologists rarely warn patients that alcohol is a major, modifiable breast cancer risk factor. Even moderate drinking can double or triple breast cancer incidence and recurrence risk, with effects dose-dependent and linked to dopamine-driven cravings.
It "doubles and triples" your chance of developing breast cancer and recurrence (speaker claim).
The doctors don't tell them. The oncologists don't tell them. It, like, it drives me crazy. Why is the oncologist not telling you to stop drinking alcohol? It's the number one modifiable risk factor. Like, it doubles and triples your chance of developing breast cancer and recurrence depend. It's dose dependent. So the more you drink, the higher your risk. And that includes binge drinking. So you could be good all week, but if you're partying on the weekends, that. That is just as bad as two glasses every single night. So we cannot drink the way men drink. We just can't.
And that was where. That was the first sign for me too, was I was like, okay, I'm gonna get through Monday through Thursday and Thursday night I'm gonna be able to have a drink. And I literally, I got to the point where I couldn't wait for Thursday, and then it would be like 4 o' clock, and then it'd be 3 o' clock and be 2 o' clock, and then it'd be noon on Thursday. And I'm like, okay, this is where you know you have a problem. Cause you're addicted to. You're addicted to that dopamine hit that you're getting. Yes.
