New research suggests colon cancer patients who eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish can significantly lower the risk of their cancer returning, reports a Yahoo!/HealthDay news article.
"We know a lot about how certain dietary things affect the risk of developing colon cancer in the first place, but we didn't know, before this study, how diet affected persons who already have cancer," explained study author Dr. Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, an assistant professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Although the findings, which appear in the August 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, need confirmation, colon cancer patients might want to consider improving their eating habits.
Diet and other lifestyle factors have been strongly implicated in the risk of developing colon cancer.
It's been less clear what effect diet has on the course of established colon cancer.
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