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Hot drinks at 65°C triple esophageal cancer risk

9/9/2026

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  • Oxford researchers found that drinking beverages at 65 °C or hotter triples oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk.
  • Participants who consumed six or more hot drinks daily had a 71% higher SCC risk.
  • Hot drinkers faced about 1.7 times the SCC risk of warm-drink consumers.
  • Cancer Research UK funded the study.
  • Experts advise letting drinks cool or adding cold milk to lower risk.