Extra Fruits and Vegetables Don't Cut Risk of Further Breast
Cancer: Results of the WHEL Study Breast cancer, diet, cancer
prevention, WHEL. (Definitions of many terms related to cancer
can be found in the Cancer.gov Dictionary.) In the Women’s
Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) study, a diet high in fruits,
vegetables, and fiber and somewhat lower in fat did not protect
early-stage breast cancer survivors from further breast cancer,
nor did it help them live longer than women in a comparison
group. These findings contradict at least one other large study
of diet and breast cancer risk. More research is needed to
clarify the issue. Journal of the American Medical Association,
July 18, 2007 (see the journal abstract) (JAMA 2007 Jul
18;298(3):289-98) A number of studies have attempted to clarify
the role of diet in the prevention of breast cancer. Results
from the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS), a large
randomized clinical trial reported in 2005, suggested that a
low-fat diet helps prevent breast can