Nutrition & cancer: A review of the evidence for an anti-cancer diet

[RhondaH]

I know YOU and LINDA have a far BIGGER fight than mine and keep you BOTH in my daily prayers. I know there is no ONE answer, but am thankful that we have this forum to express our views. I'm sorry that we are viewed as "Lemings", but in THIS fight, we are ALL looking for answers AND solutions (drugs, diet, exercise...WHATEVER) and I think we have a MARVELOUS group of not only ladies, but gentlemen who really come together to not only provide support, advise, treatments options, ideas and that is why I love it so much... no cat scratching, just input and love...in the REAL world. I come here to get information and GIVE information, how you process it is up to you. Take care and God bless.

Rhonda

PS, Joe said it best in a recent post

"Our website has been averaging about 600 visits a day. This is a peer support group website which means that every one should help in their own way.

There are far too many lurkers out there.

Regards
Joe


just now I checked and there were 3 members and 42 "unregistered"

I came to and JOINED this site over a year ago due to good, sound information and support and NO name calling (people are fighting for their life and don't need that bs), but if THAT is going to start, I'm out of here.

[al from Canada]

WOW! I have to wonder why I posted.


To "unregistered", it's nice of you to compliment however it is now appreciated at the expense of my friends on this board. This is no place for derrogatory comments as the members on this site have enough to deal with without name calling. I'm at a loss for words that you would sacrifice your self respect because you don't approve of the way others handle information.

I will be asking Joe to close this thread and block your IP adress.

Rhonda, I really think it's time we closed the doors to this board for registrants only. Let people be accountable for their mouth, which here is translated by a keyboard.
regrettably,
Al

[AlaskaAngel]

Thanks, Al. Most people recognize the cowardice of sarcastic criticism that is offered without providing personal identification. There is room at this kitchen table for differing opinions, some wiser than others, and there will always be leaders and followers. I hope others will never be afraid of being attacked here.

AlaskaAngel

[Joe]

Al,

Unfortunately "unregistered" signed on through AOL. I cannot block him/her without blocking all AOL members.

We may in fact have to close our boards to all but registered members, but for reasons unrelated to this one.

Regards
Joe

Actual fat content (tissue biopsy) in real people related to actual level of invasive breast cancer.

The third of women with highest DHA had odds of 31% invasive tumours v the third of women with the lowest DHA.

My response to a suggestion that diet has no part in BC.


RB


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

1: Int J Cancer. 2002 Mar 1;98(1):78-83. Related Articles, Links
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N-3 and N-6 fatty acids in breast adipose tissue and relative risk of breast cancer in a case-control study in Tours, France.

Maillard V, Bougnoux P, Ferrari P, Jourdan ML, Pinault M, Lavillonniere F, Body G, Le Floch O, Chajes V.

Laboratoire de Biologie des Tumeurs, Clinique d'Oncologie-Radiotherapie, Service de Gynecologie-Obstetrique, E.A. 2103, Unite de Recherche Associee Universite-INRA, CHU, Tours, France.

Experimental studies have indicated that n-3 fatty acids, including alpha-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3) and long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids inhibit mammary tumor growth and metastasis. Earlier epidemiological studies have given inconclusive results about a potential protective effect of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on breast cancer risk, possibly because of methodological issues inherent to nutritional epidemiology. To evaluate the hypothesis that n-3 fatty acids protect against breast cancer, we examined the fatty acid composition in adipose tissue from 241 patients with invasive, nonmetastatic breast carcinoma and from 88 patients with benign breast disease, in a case-control study in Tours, central France. Fatty acid composition in breast adipose tissue was used as a qualitative biomarker of past dietary intake of fatty acids. Biopsies of adipose tissue were obtained at the time of surgery. Individual fatty acids were measured as a percentage of total fatty acids, using capillary gas chromatography. Unconditional logistic regression modeling was used to obtain odds ratio estimates while adjusting for age, height, menopausal status and body mass index. We found inverse associations between breast cancer-risk and n-3 fatty acid levels in breast adipose tissue. Women in the highest tertile of alpha-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3) had an odds ratio of 0.39 (95% confidence intervals [CI] = 0.19-0.78) compared to women in the lowest tertile (trend p = 0.01). In a similar way, women in the highest tertile of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3) had an odds ratio of 0.31 (95% CI = 0.13-0.75) compared to women in the lowest tertile (trend p = 0.016). Women in the highest tertile of the long-chain n-3/total n-6 ratio had an odds ratio of 0.33 (95% confidence interval = 0.17-0.66) compared to women in the lowest tertile (trend p = 0.0002). In conclusion, our data based on fatty acids levels in breast adipose tissue suggest a protective effect of n-3 fatty acids on breast cancer risk and support the hypothesis that the balance between n-3 and n-6 fatty acids plays a role in breast cancer. Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

PMID: 11857389 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Kim in CA]

Rhonda,

I too try to eat healthfully, but it sure is hard sometimes. I hate to cook to begin with, so it really takes effort on my part. It seems like everything that is quick and easy is loaded with chemicals. Oh, I wish I could just hire someone to do nothing but cook homemade organic meals for me and my husband! It really is true though, anything that is worthwhile usually does take more effort. Sigh!

Kim in CA
P.S. and I forgot to mention.... it really bugs me that organic costs so much more!