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Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk


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Dr. Larry Norton, deputy physician-in-chief of Breast Cancer Programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, agreed.

The findings "might motivate further studies [which the authors propose], but are not definitive in themselves," he said. "Hence, there is nothing in this paper to suggest that at this time someone should not consume caffeine for fear of increasing her risk of developing breast cancer."

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Last updated 10/14/2008

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SOURCES: Shumin M. Zhang, M.D., Sc.D., division of preventive medicine, department of medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston; Alan Astrow, M.D., director, division of hematology/oncology, Maimonides Medical Center, New York City; Larry Norton, M.D., deputy physician-in-chief, Breast Cancer Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City; Oct. 13, 2008, Archives of Internal Medicine


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