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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Breast cancer can be reduce by coffee


 
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Abstract:
According to new medical research, risk of certain type of breast cancer can be reduced by high daily intake of coffee upto 60%. Breast cancer is a complex disease which has two types hormone responsive (estrogen receptor ER) and non-hormone-responsive (ER negative) sub types.
Objectives:
In a recent health article, it was revealed that drinking over five cups of coffee in a day can reduce the risks of development of a sub type of breast cancer which is known as anti-oestrogen-resistant oestrogen receptor (ER-negative) breast cancer.

Design:
It is proposed that coffee is the mixture of caffeine and poly phenols which act as a carcinogen and chemo protective agent.

Setting or Place:
The team of Swedish researcher, based at the Karolinska institute did a comparison of women with breast cancer who takes coffee with those women who did not and found that coffee drinkers have lesser incident of developing breast cancer by about 57%.

Participants:
women with breast cancer.

Results:
No evidence was found that coffee increases post menopause breast cancer. however, daily intake of coffee decreases the ER-negative breast cancer among post menopausal women.
conclusion:It was concluded from this research that drinking at last five cups of coffee daily reduces the risk of breast cancer specially ER-negative breast cancer.

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