Re: Pre-Chemo Nutrition? FAO Belinda re nutrition and chemotherapy

February 25, 2007

Thanks !

That article is very interesting--it sounds like some good news for

women who aren't er/pr positive.

Best!

Belinda

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> a, Belinda, Sharon, and all,

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> There is an article posted on clickitforthecure.com involving a

study and

> diets.

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> The study involved 2,437 women with early stage breast cancer,

average age

> 58, at 39 sites around the country. All had surgery followed by

chemotherapy

> and five years of tamoxifen if their tumors were hormone-fueled.

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> Five years later, cancer had returned in 9.8 percent of the diet

group and

> 12.4 percent of those on standard diets, which translated to a

modest 24

> percent lower risk for the group as a whole.

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> The entire article is posted at

> http://www.clickitforthecure.com/Breast%20Cancer%20Info.htm#Low-Fat

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February 26, 2007

The dietican at the hospital where I get radiation told me about this

study...

When they looked at people who were ER/PR - the survival rate was much

better for those on the low fat diet. (Finally something for us

hormone negative folks!)

Here's part of the article:

" However, there was a huge difference in the subgroup of women

whose tumors were fueled by neither estrogen nor progesterone. Only 6

percent on low-fat diets died compared with 17 percent of the others.

That translated to 66 percent lower risk of death for those who

trimmed fat. "

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