IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Coffee Linked To Reduced Risk Of Skin Cancer. “Women who drank more than three cups of coffee had a 20% reduction in risk for basal cell carcinoma. Men who drank that much coffee had a 9% reduction in risk of the slow-growing cancer. People who drank the most coffee had the lowest risk. The team did not identify reduced risk for squamous cell carcinoma.”