Pooling eight cohort and three case-control studies, researchers found women drinking five or more cups of green tea a day 21% less likely to be diagnosed with gastric cancer. No such link appeared in men, and none of the studies were trials.
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Eating too much red meat may cause stomach cancer
Among 481,000 people in the EPIC study, with 444 gastric cancers identified, doubling heme iron intake came with 13% higher risk after adjustment. The link was statistically significant only in those whose plasma vitamin C fell below 39 mmol/L.
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Beer drinkers with genetic variant face high stomach cancer risk
In the EPIC study of more than 521,000 adults, people drinking over 30 grams of alcohol a day were 75 percent more likely to be diagnosed with gastric cancer, and heavy beer drinkers carrying the variant rs1230025 fared worst. Wine and liquor showed no association.
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Eating red meat may boost risk of esophageal cancer, stomach cancer
People in the highest fifth of red meat intake were 79 percent more likely to develop esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, a National Cancer Institute analysis found, and the highest DiMeIQx intake carried 44 percent higher gastric cardia cancer risk. The study is observational.
Cancer
Sodium raises gastric cancer risk, vitamin E reduces it
An Italian case-control study of 230 gastric cancer patients and 547 controls found people in the top quartile for vitamin E, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene were 50, 48 and 58 percent less likely to have the disease, while all quartiles above the lowest sodium intake had about 2.5 times the risk.
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