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According to a study at the Karolinska Instituet in Stockholm, drinking two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may lower risk for endometrial cancer.

Dr. Emilie Friberg and her team twice surveyed 60,634 Swedish women about their coffee intake – when they enrolled in the Swedish Mammography Cohort study between 1987 and 1990, and again in 1997.


During the 17 years, on average, that the researchers followed patients, 677 women – about 1 percent — developed endometrial cancer. The average age at diagnosis was 67.


The investigators suggest that coffee may affect blood sugar, fat cells, and estrogen, all of which play a role in endometrial cancer. However, they write that the current findings should be confirmed in other populations.


Endometrial cancer is the most prevalent gynecological malignancy, endometrial cancer effects the lining of the uterus. The risk factors include medical history of infertility, late menopause, uterine polyps, and abnormal bleeding especially in post- menopausal woman.


Source:
Reuters