Western Diet after Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Increases the Risk of Death, Harvard study finds.
According to the senior author, Jorge E. Chavarro, MD, ScD, assistant professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, men diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer whose diet was more ‘Westernized,’ i.e., contained processed meats, refined grains, potatoes, and high-fat dairy, were more likely to die of prostate cancer.
"Men diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer have a long life expectancy, and many die of unrelated causes. The Western pattern was significantly related to a higher risk of prostate cancer–specific and all-cause mortality. A post-diagnostic Western dietary pattern was associated with higher prostate cancer–specific and all-cause mortality, whereas a Prudent dietary pattern was related to lower all-cause mortality after prostate cancer diagnosis."
The study, published in Cancer Prevention Research can be found here: http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/8/6/545.abstract
To learn more about prostate cancer, check out our educational videos and reading materials.
"Men diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer have a long life expectancy, and many die of unrelated causes. The Western pattern was significantly related to a higher risk of prostate cancer–specific and all-cause mortality. A post-diagnostic Western dietary pattern was associated with higher prostate cancer–specific and all-cause mortality, whereas a Prudent dietary pattern was related to lower all-cause mortality after prostate cancer diagnosis."
The study, published in Cancer Prevention Research can be found here: http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/8/6/545.abstract
To learn more about prostate cancer, check out our educational videos and reading materials.
