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Coffee drinkers at lower risk of liver cancer 6-28-08
A prospective study by Finnish researchers suggests that drinking coffee may
reduce risk of cancer in the liver.
The study showed that those who drank high amounts of coffee were less likely to
develop liver cancer. Also, those who had a high level of serum gamma-glutamyltransferase
or GGT were at a higher risk of the disease.
For the study, Gang Hu at the University of Helsinki and colleagues surveyed
60,323 Finish participants aged 25 to 74 who were cancer-free when entering the
study between 1972 and 2002. Participants were followed up through June 2006.
Data on subsequent cancer diagnoses was collected from the Finnish Cancer
Registry. During the 19 years of follow-up, 128 participants were diagnosed with
liver cancer.
There was an inverse association between coffee drinking and the risk of primary
liver cancer, the study found. Those who consumed the highest amounts of coffee
were up to 68 percent less likely to develop liver cancer than those who drank
least amounts.
Additionally, higher levels of serum GGT were found among those with liver
cancer. Those who had high levels of GGT were 3 times more likely to have liver
cancer.
The association between drinking coffee and risk of liver cancer was consistent
in the subjects at any level o serum GGT, according to the researchers.
Carlo La Vecchia of Milan says in an accompanying editorial that Hu's new study
confirms the inverse relationship between coffee drinking and liver cancer risk,
but it remains unknown whether the association is causal. This means that
drinking coffee may not necessarily lower the risk.
Comment:
Make sure your coffee is organic, preferably fair trade.