Following cancer prevention guidelines from the American Cancer Society may modestly reduce the overall risk of developing cancer, reveals a new study. The cancer prevention guidelines seem to have a greater impact on reducing your overall risk of dying.
The guidelines recommended that people avoid smoking, achieve and maintain a healthy weight throughout life, be physically active, and eat a healthy diet emphasizing plant foods.
The guidelines recommended that people avoid smoking, achieve and maintain a healthy weight throughout life, be physically active, and eat a healthy diet emphasizing plant foods.
The observational study, the largest of its kind, by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and its NCI-designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center, found that sticking with the guidelines seems to significantly reduce the risk for developing certain cancers, particularly colorectal cancer in both sexes and endometrial cancer in women.
Lead author Geoffrey Kabat, Ph.D., senior epidemiologist in the department of epidemiology and population health at Einstein, said that the guidelines made sense for overall health, but it was an open question whether they would have an impact on cancer outcomes and their findings suggest that it's worth the effort to adhere to the ACS guidelines, and that the closer you follow the guidelines, the greater the benefit for preventing certain types of cancer.
The study was published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Source: ANI
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