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Green tea may reduce women’s gastric cancer risk, research suggests.

MedWire (9/30, Piper) reports, “A high consumption of green tea may decrease the risk for gastric cancer, particularly for the distal subsite, in women,” according to a Japanese study appearing in Gut in which investigators collected “data on…219,080 individuals.” After identifying “3,577 cases of gastric cancer,” the team also noted that, “among both men and women, 80 percent of individuals consumed green tea every day.” Notably, “women who consumed at least five cups of green tea a day were a significant 21 percent less likely to have gastric cancer compared with women drinking less than one cup a day.” The “protective effect of green tea in women was also evident for distal gastric cancer, with a 30 percent risk reduction.”

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