Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Heated debates have been on-going about tea consumption and the incidence of cancer, especially in head and neck cancer types. Therefore, this review article (meta-analysis) has been conducted.
Does habitual tea consumption reduce risk of nasopharyngeal cancer?
Study design:
This review article included 6 articles.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found that habitual tea consumption significantly reduced risk of nasopharyngeal cancer with 13.5% [OR = 0.865, 95% CI = 0.806 to 0.929].
The investigators concluded that habitual tea consumption is associated with prevention of nasopharyngeal cancer development. Additional studies are needed to further understand the molecular role of bioactive compound and potential health benefit of tea consumption in nasopharyngeal cancer prevention.
Original title:
The Association between Tea Consumption and Nasopharyngeal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Okekpa SI, Basria R, […], Musa MY.
Link:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32856842/
Additional information of El Mondo:
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