Does green tea prevent cancer? Evidence continues to brew, but questions remain

		IMAGE: Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulo, M.D. is the professor of medicine in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Click here for more information.

PHILADELPHIA – Although scientists are reluctant to officially endorse green tea as a cancer prevention method, evidence continues to grow about its protective effects, including results of a new study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, which suggests some reduction in oral cancer.