SAN DIEGO, July 17 -- A diet heavy on fruit and vegetables may not help breast cancer survivors reduce their risk of recurrence or death, researchers found.
Breast cancer survivors who ate substantially more than the recommended five servings a day did not have lower risk of recurrence or new primary breast cancer (P=0.63) or lower risk of overall mortality (P=0.43) than those who ate only the recommended amount, according to the results of a randomized, controlled trial published in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The high fruit and vegetable diet also showed no benefit among women who stood to gain the most-those with a baseline diet low in fruits and vegetables or high in fat, reported John P. Pierce, Ph.D., of the University of California in San Diego, and colleagues.
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Breast cancer survivors who ate substantially more than the recommended five servings a day did not have lower risk of recurrence or new primary breast cancer (P=0.63) or lower risk of overall mortality (P=0.43) than those who ate only the recommended amount, according to the results of a randomized, controlled trial published in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The high fruit and vegetable diet also showed no benefit among women who stood to gain the most-those with a baseline diet low in fruits and vegetables or high in fat, reported John P. Pierce, Ph.D., of the University of California in San Diego, and colleagues.
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