tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7728225253148337857.post7778094179367188516..comments2023-12-28T01:37:50.347-08:00Comments on Breast Cancer loop: breast cancer online magazine, social network and blog: Fatty diet studyjoinourloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863989794424702693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7728225253148337857.post-39547499660311421042010-01-21T14:23:31.444-08:002010-01-21T14:23:31.444-08:00Great comment! Thanks!Great comment! Thanks!joinourloophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863989794424702693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7728225253148337857.post-65023228584280374702010-01-21T11:26:01.735-08:002010-01-21T11:26:01.735-08:00Don't get too worried too quickly. There have ...Don't get too worried too quickly. There have been many studies looking at the impact of dietary fat on breast cancer, and the data are suggestive but not altogether definitive. The largest study was the WINS Study (Womens Intervention Nutrition Study), and here is a summary of their initial results from 2005:<br /><br />After a median of five years of follow-up, breast cancer had come back in 9.8 percent of the women on the low-fat diet and 12.4 percent of those on the standard diet. This amounted to a 24 percent reduction in the risk of recurrence for the women on the low-fat diet.<br /><br />The largest risk reduction - 42 percent - was seen among women on the low-fat diet whose tumors did not respond to the presence of the hormone estrogen. Breast cancer that doesn’t respond to estrogen is called estrogen receptor negative (ER-negative) and usually has a poorer outlook than ER-positive disease. Postmenopausal women whose tumors do respond to estrogen are candidates for anti-estrogen drugs such as tamoxifen or letrozole, which help reduce the risk of relapse. <br /><br />There is clearly never a "one size fits all" approach for breast cancer. To read more about this particular study: http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/low-fat-diet0505Hester Hill Schnipperhttp://bidmc.org/YourHealth/BIDMCInteractive/Blogs/LivingwithBreastCancer.aspxnoreply@blogger.com