Mediterranean diet may help stop breast cancer coming back, study says
The following is excerpted from an article by Sarah Bosley that appeared in the Guardian on June 5, 2016. Eating a Mediterranean diet, rich in fruit, vegetables, fish and olive oil, may help prevent breast cancer returning, according to a study presented at a major international cancer conference. Lifestyle—whether people are physically active or not—and being overweight are known risk factors for breast cancer, but there is increasing interest in whether particular eating habits play a part in its occurrence and recurrence. The study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago is a trial in Italy that compared the outcomes for 307 women who had been treated for early breast cancer. One group of 199