TRIPLE NEGATIVE Low-Fat Diet May Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

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Because Pam asked . . . last week I actually saw a study with better numbers

than I'd ever seen . . .after two months of looking, so have hope, I'm still

searching for it.

My sister started a TRIPLE NEGATIVE website (collection of articles) but I just

went to look at it, and it is a bit of a mess, I need to ask her how to

eliminate other people's embedded ads in their articles because it would mislead

one to think I supported it (stuff like cesium therapy - which is not approved

in our country). I also told nne I would submit the website for her

approval before posting, since many people have taken advantage of this forum to

promote their own products, services or other ways to just enrich themselves.

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Here's one article I found in the e-mails I sent myself, (I am actually on a

vegan diet except for certain fish, developed by Dr. Block, who is my

wholistic oncologist (I'm traveling 12 hours by car one way to be treated by him

- but that's another story - he treated a distant family member and she led me

to him.)

My diet is casein free - (casein is fed to lab animals to grow tumors),

low glycemic index sweeteners used in moderation (agave nectar is one), organic

everything I can find and afford, lots of whole grains and vegetables, olive oil

mostly with other approved oils used sparingly. I'm supposed to eat every 2-3

hours to avoid insulin dumps which are also tumor promoting.

Low-Fat Diet May Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Low-Fat Diet May Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence May 17, 2005,

" This study may well represent the first lifestyle change ­ namely, lowering

dietary fat intake ­ that can have a favorable effect on breast cancer outcome, "

By American Society of Clinical Oncology, Researchers from the Women's

Intervention Nutrition Study have found for the first time that a dietary

intervention to reduce fat intake improves relapse-free survival by 24% in

postmenopausal women with early stage breast cancer compared with women

following a standard diet. The women in the study had all undergone surgery to

remove their tumors, and were receiving standard follow-up care.

" This study may well represent the first lifestyle change ­ namely, lowering

dietary fat intake ­ that can have a favorable effect on breast cancer outcome, "

said Rowan T. Chlebowski, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist at the Los Angeles

Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the study's lead

author. The U. S.-based study was a prospective randomized phase III trial of

patients from 37 states.

Researchers compared the incidence of breast cancer recurrence ­ including

local/regional and distant recurrences and any new cancers in the opposite

breast ­ between 975 postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer who

consumed a low-fat diet

(averaging 33.3 g of fat daily) and 1,462 early-stage breast cancer patients who

followed a standard diet (averaging 51.3 g of fat/day). The women on the low-fat

diet also received eight biweekly nutrition counseling sessions, as well as

ongoing counseling with a nutritionist every three months. The study began in

1994, enrolling patients ages 48 to 79. Results were reported after a median of

five years of follow-up.

At the end of the follow-up period, 9.8% of the women on the low-fat diet

experienced a recurrence of their cancer, compared with 12.4% of those on the

standard diet. Although this study was primarily designed to assess the effect

of a low-fat dietary intervention on women with breast cancer overall, a

preliminary sub-set analysis suggests that the risk reduction was greater for

women with estrogen receptor-negative cancers, which is considered a marker for

poorer prognosis. These women on the low-fat diet had a 42% lower risk of

recurrence than those following a standard diet. Women with estrogen

receptor-positive cancers experienced a 15% risk reduction, which was not

statistically significant.

Further studies of women with ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancers are

needed to test hypotheses regarding the relative benefit of a low-fat diet based

on estrogen receptor status.

" If these results are confirmed in additional trials, reduction of dietary fat

intake could be considered part of the management of breast cancer in

postmenopausal women, " concluded Dr. Chlebowski. " Patients would then have an

additional option within their control for reducing the risk of breast cancer

recurrence. "