Researchers at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo have found that adherence to a healthy lifestyle reduces the recurrence of breast cancer. Research published JAMA Network Open.
The study included 1340 patients with pathological stage I-III breast cancer who had not previously received chemotherapy. 65.3% had hormone receptor positive breast cancer.
Researchers evaluated adherence to cancer prevention recommendations before, during, and one and two years after breast cancer treatment.
Patients with the highest healthy lifestyle scores were 63% less likely to relapse and 42% less likely to die compared to those with the lowest scores.
“Strict adherence to recommendations for smoking, physical activity, fruit and vegetables, and sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with the most consistently improved outcomes. More importantly, patients with more aggressive breast cancer subtypes also saw significant survival benefits,” he explains. scientists.