Kenya: Cancer Institute Links Hot Tea, Miraa and Mursik to Rising Oesophageal Cancers

16 November 2018

Taking hot tea while chewing miraa and frequent drinking of mursik (fermented milk) are the leading causes of cancer of the oesophagus or food pipe in Northern Kenya and Rift Valley respectively.

The National Cancer Institute on Thursday said Rift Valley, upper Eastern and North Eastern regions recorded the highest number of oesophageal cancers.

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