Women who consume alcoholic drinks daily face an increased risk of breast cancer, Reuters reported Sept. 27.

Researchers found that women who had one or two alcoholic drinks daily had a 10-percent increased risk of breast cancer, while risk of the disease rose 30 percent among those who had three or more drinks daily.

Researcher Arthur Klatsky of Kaiser Permanente and colleagues said at this week's European Cancer Conference that their large-scale study found that the link between drinking and breast cancer held true regardless of whether women drink beer, wine or liquor.

"Studies have consistently linked drinking alcohol to an increased risk of female breast cancer, but until now there has been little data, most of it conflicting, about an independent role played by the choice of beverage type," said Klatsky.

The researchers examined the drinking habits of more than 70,000 women, 3,000 of whom were diagnosed with breast cancer during the 26-year study period.