Can coffee reduce the risk of liver cancer? According to findings published in the medical journal Gastroenterology it can. "Data on potential beneficial effects of coffee on liver function and liver diseases have accrued over the last two decades," states Drs. Susanna C. Larsson and Alicja Wolk, from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.11 studies involving 2,260 liver cancer patients and 239,146 individuals without liver cancer showed that for every 2 cups of coffee per day, the investigators observed a 43 percent reduced risk of liver cancer. Coffee contains large amounts of antioxidants, such as chlorogenic acids that have an inhibitory effect on liver cancer.


Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and albumin (ALB) are proteins found in the blood that can indicate the presence or spread of colon cancer. Using this information researchers wanted to know if the levels of CEA and ALB could be predictors of survival among patients with colorectal cancer. The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology published an article that says how researchers recently evaluated data of 170 patients with early stage colon cancer. 







