date:Jul 04, 2012
imilarly, an association was found between intake of caffeine from all dietary sources including coffee, tea, cola and chocolate and risk of skin cancer. However, Han noted that consumption of decaffeinated coffee was not associated with a decreased risk of basal cell carcinoma.
This would be consistent with published mouse data, which indicate caffeine can block skin tumour formation,he said.However, more studies in different population cohorts and additional mechanistic studies will be need