A large Japanese study of men and women linked eating three or more bowls of miso soup a day to about 60% higher stomach-cancer risk, while two Japanese studies hinted at lower liver-cancer risk: one result was not statistically significant, and the other was seen only in women with no history of liver disease.
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- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8342188_Dietary_Habits_and_Risk_of_Death_due_to_Hepatocellular_Carcinoma_in_a_Large_Scale_Cohort_Study_in_Japan_Univariate_Analysis_of_JACC_Study_Data (researchgate.net)
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