Cancer warning: The hot drink that is ‘strongly’ associated with the development of cancer

For coffee and tea, the researchers found little evidence for an association between amount of use and oesophageal cancer risk; however, the majority of studies showed an increased risk of oesophageal cancer associated with higher drinking temperature which was statistically significant in most of them.

For maté drinking, the number of studies was limited, but they consistently showed that oesophageal cancer risk increased with both amount consumed and temperature, and these two were independent risk factors.

For other hot foods and drinks, over half of the studies showed statistically significant increased risks of oesophageal cancer associated with higher temperature of intake.

“Overall, the available results strongly suggest that high-temperature beverage drinking increases the risk of EC [oesophageal cancer],” the researchers concluded.