Sugar-sweetened Beverage Consumption Increased Type I Endometrial Cancer Risk

The risk for type II endometrial cancer was not increased by any of the dietary items included in the analysis, according to the researchers. Women in the highest quintile of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption had a 78% higher risk for endometrial cancer compared with women who did not consume the beverages. In addition, higher intake of sugars was associated with a higher risk for type 1 endometrial cancer. Choi M. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013;doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0636