7 Odd Things That Raise Your Risk of Cancer (and 1 That Doesn't).

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We all know the basics about trying to avoid cancer: Don't smoke, slather on the sunscreen. And you can avoid a few other risk factors for cancer by doing things like skipping the red meat, getting vaccinated  against HPVand steering clear of air pollutionif at all possible.
But some things that may raise people's risk of cancer get a lot less attention. The National Cancer Institute estimates that 1.7 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and that about 38 percent of people in the U.S. will get cancer during their lifetimes. Here's a look at seven strange things that may raise your risk of cancer — plus one thing you probably don't need to worry about.
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Hot tea
Sipping tea may sound like a healthy way to cope with stress, and drinking green tea may  even reduce cancer risk. But make sure to let your cup cool down first. Drinking tea that is  extremely hot may increase the risk of cancerof the esophagus, according to a 2018 study done in China.
The study included about 450,000 people, and the researchers found that the people who said they usually drank tea that was "burning hot" and also smoked tobacco and drank alcohol excessively had a five times greater risk of esophageal cancer than people who did none of those three things. The extreme heat of the tea could damage the lining of the esophagus, increasing the damage done by smoke and alcohol, the researchers said.
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Sitting still
One way to reduce the risk of cancer is to get moving. Higher levels of physical activity are linked with a reduced risk of some of the most common cancers, including lung, colon and breast cancers. One study found that exercise lowers the risk of getting any type of cancer by 7 percent. It's not clear exactly how exercise lowers people's risk of cancer, the researchers noted.
Yet it seems that many people are unaware of the link between exercise and reduced risk  of cancer: A 2018 study found that only 3 percent of U.S. adults surveyed listed that risk reduction as one of the benefits of exercise. Increasing public awareness of the link could be a goal of public health efforts to reduce cancer rates, the researchers said.
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