Can there be a possible link between breast cancer and caffeine?

Here’s what a writer with the Los Angeles Times has to say:

Heavy caffeine intake and the risk of breast cancer is a complex topic. Previous studies suggest that women who drink a lot of coffee have more symptoms of non-cancerous breast disease, such as lumps or pain associated with fibrocystic breast disease. But the relationship between caffeine and breast cancer has been puzzling.

A new study clears up some, but not all, of this confusion.

It found no statistically significant link between consumption of coffee and caffeinated beverages and the overall risk of breast cancer. But the study, published in the Oct. 13 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, did uncover an increased risk of cancer for women with benign breast disease who drank four or more cups of coffee a day. Caffeine consumption was also linked to an increased risk of tumors that are hormone-receptor negative or larger than two centimeters.

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