M Reuss-Borst1, J Kötter, U Hartmann, G Füger-Helmerking, J Weiss.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Several studies could demonstrate an association between nutrition and the risk of breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study we examined the daily diet of German patients with breast cancer approximately 12 months after diagnosis. In a prospective trial nutritional habits were evaluated in 165 breast cancer patients on admittance to an inpatient medical rehabilitation program.
RESULTS: The results of this survey show that patients with breast cancer report on a nutritional pattern which is characterised by a (very) low consumption of grains, vegetables, fruits und fish and a high consumption of meat and processed meat. Due to epidemiological data, it may be hypothesized that the patients' diet might have contributed to the development of their disease.
CONCLUSION: Our results underscore the need for nutritional counselling of breast cancer patients, as they show a relatively unfavourable nutrition pattern which differs from currently available advice. An inpatient rehabilitation programme could be an adequate starting point for this purpose. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
BACKGROUND: Several studies could demonstrate an association between nutrition and the risk of breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study we examined the daily diet of German patients with breast cancer approximately 12 months after diagnosis. In a prospective trial nutritional habits were evaluated in 165 breast cancer patients on admittance to an inpatient medical rehabilitation program.
RESULTS: The results of this survey show that patients with breast cancer report on a nutritional pattern which is characterised by a (very) low consumption of grains, vegetables, fruits und fish and a high consumption of meat and processed meat. Due to epidemiological data, it may be hypothesized that the patients' diet might have contributed to the development of their disease.
CONCLUSION: Our results underscore the need for nutritional counselling of breast cancer patients, as they show a relatively unfavourable nutrition pattern which differs from currently available advice. An inpatient rehabilitation programme could be an adequate starting point for this purpose. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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Year: 2011
PMID： 21412675 DOI： 10.1055/s-0031-1274541
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dtsch Med Wochenschr ISSN： 0012-0472 Impact factor: 0.628