2007年VOA标准英语-Western Pattern Diet Linked to Recurring Colon
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By Melinda SmithWashington
15 August 2007
Worldwide statistics show that colon1 cancer kills more than 600,000 people every year. Now, a new study confirms that diet can play a powerful role in treatment. VOA's Melinda Smith has details.
The Western diet, consisting of high fat foods, is not beneficial for cancer patients
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| John Coughlin |
Fifty-five year old John Coughlin looks like the picture of health. And he thought he was -- until a routine colonoscopy revealed he was in stage three of colon cancer. Stage three means that tumor2 cells have spread to other organs and lymph nodes near the colon. "I went through six weeks of concurrent3 radiation and chemotherapy. In December of that year I had major surgery to remove the lower part of my colon and that was followed by six months of weekly chemotherapy."
At least 1,000 colon cancer patients like John Coughlin were part of a study that compared their diets. All were in stage three of the disease. Researchers followed their progress to see whether the cancer came back or whether the patient died. Their findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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| Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt |
The high fat diet chosen by many people in developed countries -- and a growing number of those living in developing countries -- is called the Western Pattern Diet. In the study, those cancer patients who ate fattening6 foods had almost four times the risk of reoccurrence or death.
Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt adds, "The biggest surprise is actually the impact that a western pattern diet seems to have."
Patients who switched to greater quantities of fruits, vegetables, poultry7 and fish appeared to fare better.
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| Fish, whole grains and vegetable are a better diet choice |
Eating more fish, chicken, and grains such as brown rice has been an easy decision for John Couglin. "To cut down from one steak a week to one steak a month is not a big deal."
