Study finds that coffee could prevent colon cancer from returning

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A new study has found that drinking two to three cups of coffee a day could be extremely beneficial for people recovering from colon cancer.

A team followed about 1,000 people with stage III colon cancer that had spread to nearby lymph nodes but not the rest of their body. They each had surgery and chemotherapy, and kept diaries of what they ate on a daily basis and how long they exercised. In the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the team reported that those who drank four or more cups of coffee a day were 42 percent less likely to have their cancer return than those who did not drink coffee, and 33 percent less likely to die of colon cancer or anything else during the study period. Drinking two to three cups per day was found to be slightly more beneficial.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.