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Last Updated: Apr 20, 2011 - 9:38:09 AM |
SUNDAY JAN 27, 2008 (Foodconsumer.org) -- The rates of recurrence or death from colon cancer were 3.5 times higher in those who followed a typical Western diet than that for those who did not follow the diet so typically, according to a new study appearing in the August 15, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In the study, 1,009 patients had received surgery and chemo for colon cancer for two years between April 1999 and May 2001. Researchers surveyed their dietary preferences and habits during chemotherapy and the six month afterwards. They were followed for the next five years.
The two types of diets considered in the study were the prudent diet with large amounts of fruits and vegetables, poultry, and fish and the Western diet with high intakes of meat, fat, refined grains, and dessert.
Three hundreds and twenty four patients had recurrence of the cancer and 223 of those died of colon cancer during the follow-up. Twenty eight died without apparent recurrence.
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and colleagues from other organizations found patients who followed the typical Western diet were 3.5 times more likely to have recurrence and die from colon cancer compared to those who used the other diet.
Eating meats and refined grains and sugars has been linked to increased risk of a number of cancers in the previous studies. The current study again suggests that the Western diet with high animal protein, high fat and high sugars is dangerous.
Source:
Association of Dietary Patterns With Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, MD, MPH; Donna Niedzwiecki, PhD; Donna Hollis, MS; Leonard B. Saltz, MD; Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD; Robert J. Mayer, MD; Heidi Nelson, MD; Renaud Whittom, MD, FRCPC; Alexander Hantel, MD; James Thomas, MD; Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2007;298:754-764.
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