Gain one more evidence that suggests that coffee, especially for women, a positive impact to prevent skin cancer. Unfortunately, the potential is not visible on the coffee drinkers-sex man.
Women who drink more than three cups of coffee each day has a 20 percent lower risk to suffer karsnimoa basal cells (basal cell carcinoma/BCC), a type of cancer that its growth is slow, compared to people who drank one cup of coffee in a month. Meanwhile in men, the risk is only a fan of coffee declined 9 percent.
According to results of a study presented at the Conference of the American Association for Cancer Research International to 10 in Boston, United States.
"Every year nearly one million new cases are found in the u.s. the BCC Dietary factors may have a small effect but its impact protection for public health, "said Song Fengju from the Department of Dermatology, Brigham and women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
The Data used in the Song is derived from research Nurse's Health Study that follows the 72.921 participant since 1984 until 2008 and the Health Professionals follow-up Study involving 39.976 participants since 1986 until 2008.
Basal cell carcinoma is a type of skin cancer is most widely found the respondent, namely reaching the 22.786 case.But the benefits of drinking coffee is not visible on the two types of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.
Karsnioma basal cells usually arising in unprotected skin. Its main cause is exposure to ultraviolet rays of the Sun who repeatedly or excessively from ultraviolet light rays. Localized and typically grow rarely spread.
The benefits of coffee myself against cancer prevention is not new this time is unknown. Before coffee was also associated with decreased risk of breast cancer, fibroids, prostate and colon cancer. However, the benefits of coffee not seen on people who like to drink coffee dekafein.