Low fat diet aids recovering breast cancer patients
This HealthDay News story via Forbes reports that the amount of fat in the diet may be linked to cancer recurrence in postmenopausal women who have been treated for breast cancer.
The study of 2,400 women, aged 48 to 79, found “the rate of cancer recurrence after five years was 9.8 percent among women who ate a low-fat diet (about 33 grams of fat per day) and 12.4 percent among those who ate a standard diet (about 52 grams of fat per day).” The findings are reported in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.