Coffee cuts risk of lethal prostate cancer

WASHINGTON - more is better when it comes to drinking coffee to ward off the risk of fatal cancer of the prostate, according to a major study us released by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Men who drank six cups or more per day had a lower risk of 60 per cent of development the most lethal type of prostate cancer and a lower risk of 20% of training of any type of prostate cancer than men who did not drink coffeeHe said.

Even just one to three cups per day was linked to a lower risk of 30 per cent of lethal cancer of the prostate.

"Few studies have specifically studied the association of intake of coffee and the risk of cancer of the deadly prostate, the form of the disease, which is the most critical to prevent," said Associate Professor of Harvard and principal author Lorelei Mucci.

"Our study is the largest to date whether coffee could reduce the risk of prostate cancer lethal," she said.

The effects are the same if the caffeinated coffee or decaffeinated, leading researchers to believe that the lesser risk may be related to antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits of coffee.

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in men, but it is not always fatal.

A blood test can detect early, and cancer can be noted on what is called a Gleason score; more score more cancer is spreading.

There are 16 million survivors of prostate cancer in the world, and one in six men to the United States will get cancer of the prostate in their lives.

Risk factors are usually linked to Western diet rich in fat, heredity, alcohol and exposure to chemicals.

The study examined men of U.S. 47,911 who reported on how much coffee they drank every four years in 1986 to 2008.

In the course of the study, a total of 5035 prostate cancer cases were reported, including cases fatal, or metastatic, 642.

Lower risk in the drinkers of coffee remains even after authorized researchers for other factors that typically boost risk and were most often observed in that coffee drinkers in abstinent, such as smoking, and failure to exercise.