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Drinking milk tea causes cancer.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that drinking milk tea causes cancer?
Unclear. The retrieved items do not establish that drinking milk tea causes cancer. Several studies associate very hot tea (including milky tea) with esophageal cancer risk, and one meta-analysis reports fermented milk as protective against cancer mortality, so the evidence leans against the claim only partially.
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Causes of cancer. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_cancer
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Lin, S., Xu, G., Chen, Z., Liu, X., Li, J., Ma, L., & Wang, X. (2020). Tea drinking and the risk of esophageal cancer: focus on tea type and drinking temperature. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1097/cej.0000000000000568
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Pournaghi, S., Ahmadi, A., Hamedi, A., Gholamalizadeh, M., Doaei, S., & Lashkardoost, H. (2023). Hot Tea Drinking and the Risk of Esophageal Cancer; A Hospital-based Case-control Study Tea Drinking and Risk of Esophageal Cancer. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2551950/v1
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A, M., D, P., A, F., I, S., C, C., S, P., G, V., & D, P. (2026). Fermented foods consumption, all-cause, and cause-specific mortality: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2026.1714437
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MO, M., R, H., O, M., T, N., A, N., J, S., G, K., & V, M. (2015). Africa's oesophageal cancer corridor: Do hot beverages contribute?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-015-0646-9
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Hu, Y., McIntosh, G. H., Leu, R. K. L., Nyskohus, L. S., Woodman, R. J., & Young, G. P. (2013). Combination of Selenium and Green Tea Improves the Efficacy of Chemoprevention in a Rat Colorectal Cancer Model by Modulating Genetic and Epigenetic Biomarkers. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064362
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