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The Effects of Alcohol on Gastric Cancer

People in East Asian areas are far likelier to have a hereditary genetic deviance that messes with their ability to digest and therefore metabolize any of the alcohol it drinks they're consuming. This mutation actually makes it so alcohol will linger in the stomach for a lot longer than it's supposed to. Over time, your weakened stomach lining can lead to much higher likelihood of gastric cancers.

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