Dave
Sun, Aug-19-07, 17:16
New work done for the August 15th, 20077 issue of the
"Journal of the American Medical Association" (JAMA) says
that the high-calorie and low-fiber dietary pattern
associated with the "Western diet" are associated with an
increased risk of colon cancer recurrence. This study is said
to be the first to consider cancer recurrence -- previous
studies have already shown how the Western diet affects the
risk for colorectal cancer.
The "Western diet" consists mainly of processed foods, junk
foods and fast foods with a high sodium, sugar and saturated
fat content and a low nutrient density.
Jeffrey Meyerhardt, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, writes "This is the first study, to our knowledge, in
a potentially cured population of colon cancer survivors to
address the effect of diet." Meyerhardt was the lead author on
this study.
"The data suggests that a diet characterized by higher intakes
of red and processed meats, sweets and desserts, French fries,
and refined grains increases the risk of cancer recurrence and
decreases survival," the authors stated.
A recent epidemiological study from researchers at the
Institute Gustave Roussy linked people with a dietary pattern
closely matching the "Western" diet to a significantly
increased risk of the cancer (American Journal of
Epidemiology, Vol. 164, pp. 1085-1093). The new study looked
at dietary patterns on cancer recurrence and survival in a
group of 1,009 stage III colon cancer patients, those with
cancer present in the colon and lymph nodes.
During the average follow-up period of 5.3 years, 223 patients
died with cancer recurrence out of 324 cases of cancer
recurrence. Twenty- eight people died without documented
cancer recurrence. The researchers found that a diet with a
higher correspondence to the Western dietary pattern after
cancer diagnosis were at a significant increase in the risk of
cancer recurrence or death. Indeed, the top 20 per cent of
people with the greatest Western-style diet were 3.3 times
more likely to have cancer recurrence or death that those with
least Western-style diet.
The Western dietary pattern has earlier been blamed by
scientists for the obesity crisis in the USA and other
developed nations.
Dave
Fuil text article above extracted from
http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/
"Journal of the American Medical Association" (JAMA) says
that the high-calorie and low-fiber dietary pattern
associated with the "Western diet" are associated with an
increased risk of colon cancer recurrence. This study is said
to be the first to consider cancer recurrence -- previous
studies have already shown how the Western diet affects the
risk for colorectal cancer.
The "Western diet" consists mainly of processed foods, junk
foods and fast foods with a high sodium, sugar and saturated
fat content and a low nutrient density.
Jeffrey Meyerhardt, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, writes "This is the first study, to our knowledge, in
a potentially cured population of colon cancer survivors to
address the effect of diet." Meyerhardt was the lead author on
this study.
"The data suggests that a diet characterized by higher intakes
of red and processed meats, sweets and desserts, French fries,
and refined grains increases the risk of cancer recurrence and
decreases survival," the authors stated.
A recent epidemiological study from researchers at the
Institute Gustave Roussy linked people with a dietary pattern
closely matching the "Western" diet to a significantly
increased risk of the cancer (American Journal of
Epidemiology, Vol. 164, pp. 1085-1093). The new study looked
at dietary patterns on cancer recurrence and survival in a
group of 1,009 stage III colon cancer patients, those with
cancer present in the colon and lymph nodes.
During the average follow-up period of 5.3 years, 223 patients
died with cancer recurrence out of 324 cases of cancer
recurrence. Twenty- eight people died without documented
cancer recurrence. The researchers found that a diet with a
higher correspondence to the Western dietary pattern after
cancer diagnosis were at a significant increase in the risk of
cancer recurrence or death. Indeed, the top 20 per cent of
people with the greatest Western-style diet were 3.3 times
more likely to have cancer recurrence or death that those with
least Western-style diet.
The Western dietary pattern has earlier been blamed by
scientists for the obesity crisis in the USA and other
developed nations.
Dave
Fuil text article above extracted from
http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/