benefits of green tea:cancer prevention:green tea and gastric cancer prevention


A case-control study on drinking green tea and decreasing risk of cancers in the alimentary canal among cigarette smokers and alcohol drinkers
Source: Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi (Chinese Journal of Epidemiology). 2003 Mar;24(3):192-5
     A population based case-control study on benefit of green tea in prevention of gastric cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer among alcohol drinkers or cigarette smoker. Cancer cases: stomach - 206, liver - 204, esophageal - 218. Found: among alcohol drinkers, green tea drinking decreased risk of cancers: stomach - 81%, liver - 78%, esophageal - 39%; among cigarette smokers: stomach - 16%, liver - 43%, esophageal - 31%.(Article in Chinese)





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