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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. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaign
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Terry, P., Lagergren, J., Wolk, A. et al. Drinking hot beverages is not associated with risk of oesophageal cancers in a Western population. Br J Cancer 84, 120–121 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2000.1561
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