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Dietary Fat Intake Reduction for Patients with Resected Breast Cancer

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Diet and Breast Cancer

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 364))

Abstract

In early 1994, a clinical trial has been initiated to definitively address, for the first time, whether a dietary fat intake reduction program can influence the clinical course of patients with breast cancer. This study, the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS) is based on a hypothesis which is directly supported by laboratory, animal and epidemiological observations.1-3 In addition, the feasibility of prospectively testing this hypothesis has been established by a series of pilot clinical studies. 2,4-8 These results represent a culmination of over a decade of research activity and are outlined in more detail below.

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Chlebowski, R.T. (1994). Dietary Fat Intake Reduction for Patients with Resected Breast Cancer. In: Weisburger, E.K. (eds) Diet and Breast Cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 364. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2510-3_2

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