Drinking tea lowers a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer, say
researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. You can read about this new study in the
December 12/26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA).
According to background information in the article, few epidemiological
studies have looked at the relationship specifically between the
consumption of tea and ovarian cancer - although there has been
evidence in the past indicating some benefits.
Lead researchers, Susanna C. Larsson, M.Sc., and Alicja Wolk, studied
the association between tea drinking and ovarian cancer risk in 61, 057
women - all aged 40-76. All the women were part of a population based
Mammography cohort (that had been carried out in Sweden).
The women had filled in a questionnaire which included 67 questions
regarding their dietary habits between 1987-1990. 68% drank tea once a
month or more. The women were followed up until 2004. During this
period 301 women developed invasive epithelial ovarian cancer.