(MedPage Today) – Despite numerous studies spanning decades, relationships between coffee and tea consumption with cancer risk, specifically HNC, remain unclear, Lee and co-authors noted in their introduction. Coffee and tea are consumed worldwide and contain bioactive compounds with potential antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory effects.

“We have looked at the literature, and we suspect that perhaps bioactive compounds other than caffeine contribute to this potential anticancer effect of coffee and tea,” she said. (Read More)