This Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study deals with colon cancer, but there are some interesting thoughts here for consideration along the lines of Rhonda's posts on metformin:
"The researchers hypothesized that, following surgery for stage III colon cancer, eating the combination of foods typical of a Western diet could allow residual microscopic cancer to proliferate and spread....
Western dietary patterns have been linked with higher levels of insulin and inflammatory compounds in the body, factors that may enhance tumour growth."
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