Your favorite alcoholic beverage could be linked to deadly form of cancer, study finds

Your favorite alcoholic beverage could be linked to deadly form of cancer, study finds

Beer and spirits linked to pancreatic cancer, in addition to seven other types of the disease

A new study links alcohol consumption to pancreatic cancer risk, adding to the surgeon general's previous list of seven cancer types. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Research reveals alcohol may increase pancreatic cancer risk by 3% per 10 grams of daily intake. (iStock)

Around 75,000 Americans each year are diagnosed with a cancer that is linked in some way to alcohol use, an expert said. (iStock)

"There have been reports for years that it could be beneficial for one's health — but we know now that alcohol ingestion is one of the modifiable risk factors for cancer," an expert said. (iStock)