Correspondence re: Weiderpass et al., Alcoholism and risk of cancer of cervix uteri, vagina, and vulva. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomark. Prev., 10: 899-901, 2001.

Weiderpass et al. [(1)][1] , on a record linkage cohort study, found an excess risk for in situ and invasive cervical cancer among alcoholic women. Little is known about the potential role of lower levels of alcohol consumption in the etiology of cervical cancer. In the interview study from the