Dr Keren Papier: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Oxford Population Health
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“the report "adds to existing evidence that drinking very hot drinks could increase the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. More research is now needed to identify the exact drink temperatures linked to this increased risk."”
What Dr Keren Papier has said
“International research has shown for some time that drinking beverages like mate at very high temperatures, as is typical in South America, is linked to increased risk of certain oesophageal cancers. What was less clear was whether this also applied to the temperatures at which hot drinks are usually consumed in Western populations.”
lead researcher and senior nutritional epidemiologist at Oxford Population Health · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · New UK study links hot drink consumption to one type of oesophageal cancer ↗
“The study was led by Dr Keren Papier, a senior nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Oxford's population health department.”
Senior nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Oxford's population health department · Cancer · 10 Sept 2026 · Drinking very hot drinks could triple risk of oesophageal cancer, study finds ↗
Where Dr Keren Papier has been quoted
- 'Very hot' drinks can increase the risk of developing oesophageal cancer, largest study findsnews.sky.com · 29 Sept 2026
- New UK study links hot drink consumption to one type of oesophageal cancernews.cancerresearchuk.org · 29 Sept 2026
- Drinking very hot drinks could triple risk of oesophageal cancer, study findstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
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