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High fat diet associated to prostate cancerConclusions follow a survey involving 390 prostate patients who underwent radical prostatectomy. All patients completed a food frequency questionnaire for the year prior to the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Body mass index was also calculated. Men who consumed high saturated fat diets were younger and had high body mass index at diagnosis than men with who consumed low saturated fat diets. There were no statistically significant differences in family history of prostate cancer, education, history of diabetes or physical activity between the two groups. Men on high saturated fat diets also consumed more total calories than men on low saturated fat diets. During the 97-month follow-up period, 20 percent of patients with organ-confined prostate cancer experienced a prostate-specific antigen failure - a rise in the blood level of prostate-specific antigen that may mean that the cancer has come back. The study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, found five years after prostate removal, 65 percent of patients who consumed high saturated fat diets had no evidence of prostate cancer compared to 80 percent of men who ate a low saturated fat diet. NOTE: Issues on this site regarding prostate cancer and treatment options, are provided for information only, and are not meant to substitute for the advice of your own physician or other medical professional. Prostate-Report.org does not endorse any specific product, service or treatment. |
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