Originally Posted by 
sheerluck
				
			 
			My father had what started as bowel cancer, that spread to his liver and brain, and killed him 11 days after being diagnosed. Did alcohol kill him? Who knows. He was a huge drinker, and smoker, and pretty overweight for most of his last 20 years. You could have chosen any one of twenty factors that could have caused it. 
My grandfather also had bowel cancer, that spread to the liver. He hung on for months though. His drinking consisted of a sherry before dinner. Not really hardcore. 
My aunt was, up until her retirement last year, the UK's most senior oncology nurse consultant (or something like that!), her job was born from her seeing so many family members being hit by it. She nags me every time she sees me about being checked.