Men who drink four or more cups of coffee daily are at a lower risk of prostate cancer progression and recurrence.
August 29/King County, Wash./PTI -- Men who drink four or more cups of coffee daily are at a lower risk of prostate cancer progression and recurrence, a new study has found. Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that men who drank four or more cups of coffee per day experienced a 59% reduced risk of prostate cancer recurrence and/or progression as compared to those who drank only one or fewer cups per week.
The study did not, however, find an association between coffee drinking and reduced mortality from prostate cancer, although the research included too few men who died of prostate cancer to address that issue separately. The study also did not find an associated reduction of prostate cancer recurrence and/or progression with tea consumption.