Drinking hot beverages is not associated with risk of oesophageal cancers in a Western population.
We performed a nationwide population-based case-control study of hot beverage consumption and oesophageal cancer in Sweden. Drinking beverages very hot did not increase the risk for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, oesophageal adenocarcinoma, or gastric cardia adenocarcinoma.
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Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, Stockholm, SE-171 77. paul.terry@mep.ki.se  
Lagergren
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Wolk
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Nyrén
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002299:Cardia; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology