The results of a six month study into claims that a western diet could be upping risks of bowel cancer have been dismissed as inconclusive by leading charity Cancer Research UK.
The research, conducted in America at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, followed participants for a six month period. Taking results from over 1000 patients who were already facing bowel cancer and had undergone surgery and chemotherapy, the researchers concluded that a diet high in red meat, fat, refined grains and puddings made the disease more likely to come back.
The report was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, with the researchers stating that a western diet was three and a half times more likely to provoke a return of the disease, over a healthier diet.
An information nurse manager at Cancer Research UK, reportedly commented: "The study does not make it clear whether the participants had made any changes to their diet after their diagnosis. Therefore it is possible that what people ate during their lives before treatment might also have affected their outcome."
Diet for bowel cancer not conclusive
Thu, 23 Aug 2007
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