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Very hot tea increases risk of oesophageal cancer

Daily hot tea raises cancer risk, with oesophageal cancer having a 15% survival rate in the UK

05-Feb-2018

Key points from article :

Cancer was already linked to drinking alcohol and smoking.

Risks are heightened by daily cups of burning hot tea.

Western tea drinkers tend to do so at lower temperatures.

15% 5-year survival rate for oesophageal cancer in the UK.

Chinese researchers studied nearly half a million people for nine years.

The study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Andrew Sharrocks

Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Manchester.

Annals of Internal Medicine

Internal medicine journal

Canqing Yu

Doctor working at National Natural Science Foundation of China.

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

NSFC is using national natural science fund to support basic research.

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