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LONDON (Reuters Health) – Women who eat a traditional cooked breakfast or consume large quantities of hot tea appear to have an increased risk of developing squamous oesophageal cancer, according to a report published in the British Journal of Cancer on Friday. Surprisingly, alcohol consumption does not seem to increase the risk.
Dr. L. Sharp, from Aberdeen University, and colleagues compared the dietary and lifestyle patterns of 159 women with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus with those of 159 matched women without cancer. Both groups were drawn from regions in England and Scotland.
Consumption of salads and consumption of a light breakfast–defined as anything other than a fry up–seemed to have a protective effect on cancer development. Women who ate a traditional cooked breakfast were twice as likely as light breakfast eaters to develop cancer, but women who skipped breakfast altogether had the highest risk.
The quantity and temperature of tea consumed were directly related to oesophageal cancer risk, the authors note. Alcohol consumption was not related to risk, but the number of years of smoking was significantly tied to cancer development (p = 0.015). Aspirin use seemed to have a protective effect on cancer development, but this finding was limited to British regions.
Comparison of the current findings with those of a parallel adenocarcinoma study verified the protective effect of healthy diet, the researchers state.
For both tumor types, maintaining a healthy diet, smoking cessation, and avoidance of hot beverages may be good preventive strategies, the authors note. Also, "if the association with aspirin is a true one, it offers the possibility of an intervention strategy in target populations, such as smokers."
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