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Drinking tea may stave off bile stones and cancer
Last Updated: 2006-07-07 16:52:12 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a study conducted in China indicate that drinking tea reduces the risk of bile stones and cancer, especially among women.
Bile stones, which are often seen in women and have been linked to obesity, occur in the ducts that transfer bile from the liver to the small intestine. If the stones block the opening of the gallbladder, they can cause discomfort and pain, typically located just below the rib cage on the right side of the abdomen. At this stage, gallbladder removal, or "cholecystectomy," is often required. Serious complications from bile stones are uncommon.
By contrast, "biliary tract cancers...are rare but highly fatal," Dr. Ann W. Hsing, of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues write in the International Journal of Cancer.
"Apart from gallstones, (causative) factors for biliary tract cancer are not clearly defined," they note. Several studies "have suggested that consumption of tea, especially green tea, is protective against a variety of cancers."
In the new study, the researchers examined the effects of tea consumption on the risk of biliary tract cancers and biliary stones. Included in the study were 627 patients with biliary tract cancer, 1,037 with biliary stones, and 959 comparison subjects.
The team obtained data on demographics, medical and dietary factors, and tea consumption. Tea drinkers were defined as those who drank at least one cup of tea per day for at least 6 months. Of the 959 control subjects, 394 (41 percent) were ever tea drinkers.
In women, drinking at least one cup of tea per day for at least 6 months seemed to cut the risks of bile stones by 27 percent, gallbladder cancer by 44 percent, and bile duct cancer by 35 percent. In men, tea drinking had a similar effect, but not of the magnitude seen in women.
Certain chemicals in tea may prevent cells from growing abnormally and may have antiinflammatory effects that reduce the risk of these bile tract diseases, Hsing's team explains. Further studies are needed to see if these findings can be duplicated.
SOURCE: International Journal of Cancer, June 2006.
Common pain reliever may lower ovarian cancer risk
Last Updated: 2006-07-07 16:09:41 -0400 (Reuters Health)
By Nick Hudson
LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale for Reuters Health) - Using paracetamol (known in the US as acetaminophen) regularly appears to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by 30 percent, according to the results of a review of several studies, reported in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
Lead researcher Dr. Stefanos Bonovas, of the department of pharmacology at the University of Athens, and colleagues looked at all studies covering paracetamol and ovarian cancer from 1966 to 2004.
Bonovas said several observational studies had examined paracetamol as a potential chemopreventive agent. But it was the "non-conclusive nature of the epidemiological evidence" which prompted his group to conduct a review, or "meta-analysis" of the studies.
The researchers analysed eight major studies involving more than 746,000 women between 1998 and 2004. The studies included 10 to 1,573 cases of ovarian cancer. Most of the studies were carried out in the U.S., while one was conducted in the UK and one in continental Europe.
Seven of the eight studies evaluated the effect of paracetamol on the incidence of ovarian cancer, while one evaluated the effect of paracetamol the mortality of ovarian cancer. Paracetamol exposure was classified as 'regular' or 'irregular.' In the biggest study, 'regular' was defined as more than 30 tablets in the month before the study began.
The analysis showed that 'regular use' was associated with a 30 percent reduction in the risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with non-use. By contrast, 'irregular use' was not associated with any reduction in the risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Bonovas said the findings of the meta-analysis support a protective association between paracetamol use and ovarian cancer and provide evidence for a dose effect. On the other hand, the long-term risks of liver and chronic renal failure might outweigh the drug's potential benefits in women at low risk of ovarian cancer.
"However, we believe that a randomised trial in women with a high risk of developing the disease might be appropriate. Further research is also needed into how this protective mechanism actually works," Bonovas added in a statement.
SOURCE: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, July 2006.
