Cancer warning as tea and coffee could be 'strongly associated' with development of disease

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A type of hot drink has been consistently associated with oesophageal cancer, according to research. Cancer claims the lives of million every year with one in two of us likely to suffer a form of this disease in our lifetime - according to Cancer Research UK.

However, evidence suggests that there are steps you can take to modify you risk of certain types of cancer. One of these steps may be avoiding or cutting back on hot drinks including coffee, tea and maté - reports The Express.

The hot drinks have been linked to cancer of the oesophagus - the pipe carrying food from your mouth to your stomach. Research published in the International Journal of Cancer identified the link. "Coffee, tea and maté [a tealike beverage, popular in many South American countries] may cause oesophageal cancer by causing thermal injury to the oesophageal mucosa," wrote the study researchers.The mucosa is the inner lining of the oesophagus."If so, the risk of oesophageal cancer attributable to thermal injury could be large in populations in which these beverages are commonly consumed," the researchers posited.In addition, these drinks may cause or prevent oesophageal cancer via their chemical constituents.The researchers reviewed a large number of epidemiologic studies that investigated the association of high temperature drinks or hot foods and with the risk of oesophageal cancer.In addition to conducting a systematic review of these studies, they reported the results for amount and temperature of use separately.By searching PubMed and the ISI, the researchers found 59 eligible studies.For coffee and tea, the researchers found little evidence for an association between amount of use and oesophageal cancer risk; however, the majority of