Coffee and Meat May Cut Prostate Cancer Risk by Nearly Half, Study Finds

A new study published in Oncoscience on 28 April 2026 examines how lifestyle factors influence prostate cancer risk. The research, led by Maya Kulshekar and Anuradha B. Patil, was conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Karnataka, India. It focused on an Indian population, addressing a gap in existing literature on the topic. The study compared 72 men with prostate cancer to 132 control individuals with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Researchers used multivariate logistic regression to adjust for confounding variables. After these adjustments, no significant link emerged between prostate cancer risk and alcohol, tobacco, tea, or farming-related occupational exposure.

However, the findings suggested that coffee consumption could lower prostate cancer risk by about 65%. Meat consumption was also associated with a reduced risk of around 48%. The researchers propose that coffee’s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties may contribute to this protective effect. The study emphasises the need for larger, multicentre, and long-term research to confirm these early observations. It provides preliminary insights into dietary factors that may influence prostate cancer risk in Indian men. Further investigation could help validate and expand on these results.