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I thought this was well known. Anecdata, but my wife's grandmother famously liked her coffee pretty much scalding, and we did indeed lose her to esophageal can
by VyseofArcadia 23d ago
I thought this was well known.
Anecdata, but my wife's grandmother famously liked her coffee pretty much scalding, and we did indeed lose her to esophageal cancer.
- orev 23d agoAs someone who got top grades in science classes, and a follower of science news for decades, I’ve never heard of temperature being a risk factor for cancer. That said, it does make sense. Heat can cause damage to cells just like many chemicals can. I just don’t think many people connected the dots.
- 3stacks 22d agoI did biomed in uni 10 years ago and they did indeed speak about this as a risk factor in my clinical microbiology class. I assumed that was what gave my dad throat cancer because he was always gulping down hot coffee but the cause was something else in the end.