ArticlePloS one2014
Tea consumption and risk of head and neck cancer.
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- Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants in Head and Neck Cancer.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Risk Prediction Models for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer among the Taiwanese Population.Cancers · 2022Article
- Prevention of carcinogen-induced oral cancers by polymeric black tea polyphenols via modulation of EGFR-Akt-mTOR pathway.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Determination of Anticancer Zn(II)-Rutin Complex Structures in Solution through Density Functional Theory Calculations ofACS omega · 2020Article
- Influence of Tea Consumption on the Development of Second Esophageal Neoplasm in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.Cancers · 2019Article
- Cancer chemoprevention and therapy using chinese herbal medicine.Biological procedures online · 2018Review
- Green tea polyphenols and their potential role in health and disease.Inflammopharmacology · 2015Review
- Regular Chinese Green Tea Consumption is Protective for Diabetic Retinopathy: A Clinic-Based Case-Control Study.Journal of diabetes research · 2015Article
- Anticancer Properties of Phyllanthus emblica (Indian Gooseberry).Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2015Review
- From Plate to Palette: Dietary Patterns and Their Role in Mucosal Lesions Among North Indian Communities: A cross-sectional study.Revista cientifica odontologica (Universidad Cientifica del Sur)Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe current study evaluated the association between tea consumption and head and neck cancer (HNC) in Taiwan, where tea is a major agricultural product and a popular beverage.
methodsInterviews regarding tea consumption (frequency, duration, and types) were conducted with 396 HNC cases and 413 controls. Unconditional logistic regression was performed to estimate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of HNC risk associated with tea drinking, adjusted for sex, age, education, cigarette smoking, betel quid chewing, and alcohol drinking.
resultsA reduced HNC risk associated with tea drinking (OR for every cup per day = 0.96, 95% CI: 0.93-0.99; OR for ≧5 cups per day = 0.60, 95% CI: 0.39-0.94) was observed. The association was especially significant for pharyngeal cancer (OR for every cup per day = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.88-0.98; OR for ≧5 cups per day = 0.32, 95% CI: 0.16-0.66). A significant inverse association between HNC and tea consumption was observed particularly for green tea.
conclusionsThis study suggests that tea drinking may reduce the risk of HNC. The anticancer property of tea, if proven, may offer a natural chemopreventive measure to reduce the occurrence of HNC.
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