According to research from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, drinking caffeinated coffee could lower one's risk of developing the most common form of skin cancer.
The prospective study determined that there was a "significant inverse association" between coffee consumption and basal cell carcinoma.
The researchers used data collected from:
-- The Nurses' Health Study (NHS) , in which 72,921 individuals were followed from June 1984 through June 2008.
-- The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (PFS) in which 39,976 people were followed from June 1986 to June 2008.
Among the total cohort, 25,480 skin cancers were diagnosed:
-- 22,786 were basal cell carcinoma.
-- 1,953 were squamous cell carcinoma
-- 741 were melanoma
Compared to those who consumed less than 1 cup of coffee monthly:
-- Women who drink 3 cups of coffee daily saw their chances of developing basal cell carcinoma go down by 20 percent.
-- Men who drink 3 cups of coffee daily saw their chances of developing basal cell carcinoma go down by 9 percent.
Decaf coffee did not have the same effect on decreasing risk, and coffee consumption in general had no impact on squamous cell carcinoma development.
Source
AACR in the News: Coffee Consumption Associated With Decreased Risk for Basal Cell Carcinoma.
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