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Green tea consumption and the risk of pancreatic and colorectal cancers
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| Source: Int J Cancer. 1997 Jan 27;70(3):255-8 |
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Benefits of gren tea in cancer prevention was examined via a large population-based case-control study, with cases of 931 colon cancer, 884 rectum cancer, 451 pancreas cancer, and 1552 controls in Shanghai, China. An inverse association with each cancer was observed with increasing amount of green tea consumption, with the strongest trends for rectal and pancreatic cancers. For men, compared with non-regular tea drinkers, odds among those in the highest tea consumption category (green tea diet, > or = 300 g/month) were 0.82 for colon cancer, 0.72 for rectal cancer and 0.63 for pancreatic cancer. For women, the respective odds for the highest consumption category (green tea diet > or = 200 g/month) were 0.67, 0.57 and 0.53. The findings provide further evidence that green tea drinking may lower the risk of colorectal and pancreatic cancers |
