India, Aug. 21 -- A recent study published in the journal Gastro Hep Advances looked at whether drinking sugar-sweetened beverages or artificially sweetened beverages was linked to a higher risk of gastric cancer.
"This is the first study to demonstrate an association between sugar-sweetened beverage intake and gastric cancer in a US population," commented senior author and gastroenterologist Andrew Chan from Massachusetts General Hospital.
"Gastric cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death worldwide, but we've known very little about how diet might contribute to this cancer."
The study included 112,284 people who were followed for more than 3.2 million person-years. Participants completed questionnaires every two years. They rep...