I have read that alcoholic beverages are worse for estrogen-receptor-positive patients than estrogen-receptor-negative patients. Is this true? How muc

The data suggesting that alcohol intake increases the risk of breast cancer I think is compelling, and I would agree with everything that Dr. Dupree has said. It is important to distinguish the increased risk of developing breast cancer with the risk of having a recurrence of breast cancer for someone already diagnosed. At present, we have no data suggesting that alcohol intake after a diagnosis of breast cancer increases the risk of recurrence of breast cancer. Some of the epidemiology studies that have demonstrated an increased risk based upon alcohol intake have also suggested that this risk may be decreased by intake of folic acid. As Dr. Leslie Bernstein, one of the epidemiologists at University of Southern California who first demonstrated this link once told me, perhaps what a woman should do is to wash down a multivitamin with her Chablis. Make that Merlot - we want a good red. :-)