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09/16/2018 / By Ralph Flores

High-fat diet found to stimulate cell growth in the colon, increasing risk of colon cancer

A high-fat diet can make the cells of your intestinal lining prone to cancer, according to a study published in Nature. These results bolster the long-standing claim stating that obesity and a high-fat, high-calorie diet are salient factors for many types of cancer. The paper, titled “High-fat diet enhances stemness and tumorigenicity of intestinal progenitors”, […]

07/17/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

The typical Western high-fat diet causes cancer to metastasize faster

Men who want to significantly reduce their risk of dying from prostate cancer could start by skipping burgers, French fries, or fatty food altogether. Researchers from the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) published a study in two journals, Nature Genetics and Nature Communications, and have reported that the typical Western high-fat […]

01/28/2018 / By Russel Davis

High-fat diet found to cause prostate cancer to spread, according to new research

Being obese and following a high-fat diet make for a deadly combination that may increase the risk of prostate cancer metastasis, according to a set of studies published in the journals Nature Genetics and Nature Communications. A team of researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) examined mice models of prostate cancer as part of the study. The […]

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