An ACSO meeting presentation Mediterranean Diet v Other Diet - 3 years - return of cancer - 0 v 11
I will go and try and find the paper at some point - the details of the diets would be interesting.
News paper report
Yes a small study number but nonetheless thought provoking.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2...fish-olive-oil
"Mediterranean diet may help stop breast cancer coming back, study says "
Abstract
"The study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago is a trial in Italy which compared the outcomes for 307 women who had been treated for early breast cancer. One group of 199 women were asked to eat a Mediterranean diet, involving four portions of vegetables, three pieces of fruit and one serving of grains a day, together with four or more servings of fish each week, some red and processed meat and plenty of olive oil. They were allowed up to one alcoholic drink a day.
The other group of 108 women were asked to eat their normal diet, but given advice on healthy food by a dietician.
The cancer researchers at Piacenza hospital, Italy, found that after three years, 11 women from the group eating a normal diet suffered a return of their breast cancer, while none of those eating a Mediterranean diet did."
Another papers perspective
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a7066056.html