Inverse association between coffee consumption and the  incidence risk of oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal cancers

 


We found an inverse association between coffee consumption and the  incidence risk of oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal cancers in the  general population of Japan. Daily consumption of 1 or more cups of  coffee was related to nearly 50% lower risk of these cancers. However,  the most established evidence of preventing these cancers are  cessation of smoking and heavy drinking. We strongly recommend stop  smoking and drinking too much if you don't to want to suffer from  these cancers, and in addition to this, coffee could be one of the  supportable factors. We consider the result from our present study  have pharmacological implications for clinical medication especially  for preventing recurrences of these cancers.

 

Bibliographic Reference

Naganuma T et al.: "Coffee consumption and the risk of oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal cancers in Japan: the Miyagi Cohort Study", Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Dec 15;168(12):1425-32

 

 

Toru Naganuma

Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health & Forensic  Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai,Japan