Coffee May Curb Liver Cancer
Researchers Say Disease Appears To Be Rarer In Coffee Drinkers Than In Non-Drinkers
Aug. 2, 2007
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(WebMD) Could a cup of coffee cut your risk of developing liver cancer? Maybe, but don't bet your next latte on it just yet.

A new report, published in the August edition of the journal Hepatology, boils down the findings from 10 studies on coffee and liver cancer.

The studies were reviewed by researchers including Francesca Bravi, ScD of the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri" in Milan, Italy.

Together, the studies included 2,260 people with liver cancer and nearly 240,000 people without liver cancer. Participants lived in Greece, Italy, or Japan.

Participants reported their coffee-drinking habits. The data show that coffee drinkers were 41 percent less likely to have been diagnosed with liver cancer than people who don't drink coffee. For every daily cup of coffee people drank, their odds of having been diagnosed with liver cancer dropped by 23 percent, compared with people who never drink coffee. the rest