女白領注意:每天五杯咖啡遠離乳腺癌

Women who drink coffee could be protecting themselves against an aggressive form of breast cancer, research suggests.

研究發現，飲用咖啡能有效降低女性罹患乳腺癌的機率。

Those who regularly enjoy the hot drink are far less likely to develop oestrogen-receptor negative breast cancer – particularly if they drink five cups or more a day.

如果有每天和咖啡的習慣，並且量達到五杯以上的女性患上乳腺癌的風險則會大大減少。

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These types of tumours do not react to a wide range of drugs, meaning chemotherapy is often the only option.

衆多藥物對於乳腺癌腫瘤均很難產生藥效，這意味着化療是唯一的選擇。

In the study, experts from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found coffee drinkers had a lower incidence of breast cancer than women who rarely drank the beverage.

在這項研究中，瑞典卡洛林斯卡研究所的專家們發現，有飲用咖啡習慣的女性要比不喝咖啡的患上這種癌症的風險低很多。

They analysed data from almost 6,000 women who were past the menopause.

他們分析了6000名處於更年期的女性的相關數據。

Those women who drank five or more cups a day had a 57 per cent reduced risk of breast cancer compared with those who drank less than one cup a day.

發現每天喝五杯以上咖啡的女性，要比每天飲用不到一杯的女性患上乳腺癌的機率降低了57%。

Writing in the journal Breast Cancer Research, the scientists concluded: ‘A high daily intake of coffee was found to be associated with a statistically significant decrease in oestrogen-receptor negative breast cancer among post-menopausal women.’

科學家得出結論：更多的咖啡攝取量與明顯降低絕經後女性乳腺癌的病發率之間存在着密切聯繫。

The authors also found a small reduced risk for all types of breast cancer, although this link was not significant when factors such as age and weight were taken into account.

不過該發現還可能與年齡、體重等相關因素有聯繫。

Previous studies have suggested coffee cuts the risk of other cancers, including those targeting the prostate and liver.

之前的研究還表明，咖啡還能夠減少例如前列腺和肝臟有關的癌症所出現的風險。

However, experts are divided on the benefits of coffee and some studies have shown it could even promote cancer.

不過，也有不少專家對於該項研究發現所稱的咖啡對於癌症的功效上存在着意見分歧。

Research has suggested coffee may in fact cause cells to proliferate or prevent them from being repaired.

甚至有研究稱咖啡將導致細胞增殖或防止修復，因此其具有促進癌症發生的可能性。

The Karolinska Institute experts said they suspected coffee could contain compounds that affect different types of breast cancer in different ways.

瑞典卡羅林斯卡研究所的專家表示，咖啡中含有的物質會以不同的方式影響着不同類型的乳腺癌。

Researchers from the Missouri University found that rats with breast cancer given apigenin, which is found in parsley, celery, apples, oranges and nuts, ‘developed fewer tumours and experienced significant delays in tumour formation’ compared with rats with breast cancer who were not.

來自美國密蘇里大學的研究發現稱，堅持使用芹菜、蘋果、橘子以及堅果也有助於控制腫瘤細胞的產生，從而降低罹患乳腺癌的風險。公）的助手，小跟班；而如今的女人把自己視爲生意上的夥伴了。