Low-Fat Diet Might Improve Breast Cancer Survival in Postmenopausal Women?

https://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/can-low-fat-diet-improval-survival-for-postmeno

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In 2017, results from the Women’s Health Initiative Trial suggested that postmenopausal women who ate a low-fat diet after a breast cancer diagnosis were less likely to die from any cause compared to women who ate a diet that was higher in fat. Still, researchers wanted to know how much the low-fat diet affected survival.

A secondary analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative data suggests that postmenopausal women who eat a low-fat diet after being diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely to be alive 10 years after diagnosis compared to women who ate a diet that was higher in fat after being diagnosed.

The research was published online on May 24, 2018 by JAMA Oncology. Read the abstract of “Association of Low-Fat Dietary Pattern With Breast Cancer Overall Survival: A Secondary Analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trial.”

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