Junk Food Linked to Higher Risk of Throat and Stomach Cancer
Researchers studied over 1,200 people in Spain to understand how eating ultra-processed foods (like packaged snacks, sugary drinks, and pre-made meals) affects …
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Healthy Eating May Lower Colon Cancer Risk
Researchers followed people over time to see if eating a healthy diet called the EAT-Lancet diet could reduce the chance of getting colorectal cancer. This …
Read MoreEating More Plants May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers looked at 9 different studies to understand how plant-based eating affects breast cancer risk. They found that eating a healthy plant-based …
Read MoreEating Healthy Foods May Lower Endometrial Cancer Risk
Researchers in Iran studied 136 women with endometrial cancer (a type of cancer affecting the uterus) and compared them to 272 healthy women to understand how …
Read MoreHow What You Eat Affects Your Cancer Risk
Cancer cells need lots of energy to grow quickly, and what we eat plays a big role in whether cancer develops. Scientists have found that eating too much …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Researchers reviewed hundreds of studies about how food affects prostate cancer risk in men. They found that eating certain foods—like fish, broccoli, and …
Read MoreHow Vitamin B6 May Help Your Body Fight Cancer
Scientists are discovering that vitamin B6, a nutrient your body needs to work properly, plays an important role in how cancer develops and spreads. When your …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Affect Your Lung Cancer Risk
Researchers studied nearly 190,000 people from the UK to understand how different eating patterns might affect lung cancer risk. Over about 9 years, they …
Read MoreInflammatory Foods May Increase Uterine Cancer Risk in Women
Researchers in Iran studied whether eating foods that cause inflammation in the body might increase the risk of endometrial cancer (a type of uterine cancer). …
Read MoreWhy Your Diet Choices Matter: Cancer Risk Trends in China
Researchers looked at how diet-related cancers have changed in China from 1990 to 2021 and made predictions for the future. The good news: overall cancer rates …
Read MoreWestern Diet Linked to Breast Cancer Risk in Younger Women
Researchers in Iran studied 213 women to understand how different eating patterns might affect breast cancer risk. They found that women who ate a "Western" …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Cancer Immunotherapy Work Better
Scientists are discovering that what you eat and your body composition might play a big role in how well cancer immunotherapy works. This review looked at how …
Read MoreFoods That Fight Cancer Damage May Help Colorectal Cancer Survivors
Researchers followed nearly 2,800 colorectal cancer patients to see if eating foods that fight body damage could help them live longer. They created four …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Fight Cancer, But Doctors Aren't Teaching It
A new review shows that what we eat plays a bigger role in cancer prevention and treatment than most doctors realize. Plant-based foods contain natural …
Read MoreCan Your Diet Help Reduce Cancer Treatment Side Effects?
Researchers are studying whether what cancer patients eat can help reduce the uncomfortable side effects of chemotherapy and other cancer treatments. This …
Read MoreToo Little or Too Much Iron May Raise Stomach Cancer Risk
Researchers in Vietnam studied over 4,100 people to understand how much iron people eat and whether it affects stomach cancer risk. They found something …
Read MoreDoes What You Eat Affect Prostate Cancer Risk?
Researchers followed nearly 80,000 men from different racial and ethnic backgrounds for almost 19 years to see if eating healthy patterns could lower prostate …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Cancer Immunotherapy Work Better
Scientists discovered that certain foods containing special compounds called AhR ligands can help your body's immune system fight cancer more effectively when …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Affect Breast Cancer Risk, Study Shows
Researchers in Morocco studied 2,800 women to understand how different eating patterns might affect breast cancer risk. They found that women who ate lots of …
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