Reassessment of the role of dietary fat in cancer etiology

The role of dietary fat in cancer etiology is briefly discussed in terms of several major types of epidemiological evidence: geographic correlations, migrant studies, low-risk populations, and dietary modification trials. It appears that there is no conclusive evidence that lowering dietary fat inta...

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Published in:Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 1981-09, Vol.41 (9 Pt 2), p.3722-3723
Main Author: Enstrom, J E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dietary Fats - adverse effects
Epidemiologic Methods
Humans
Japan - ethnology
Mexico - ethnology
Neoplasms - etiology
Neoplasms - mortality
Religion
Risk
Transients and Migrants
United States
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Summary:The role of dietary fat in cancer etiology is briefly discussed in terms of several major types of epidemiological evidence: geographic correlations, migrant studies, low-risk populations, and dietary modification trials. It appears that there is no conclusive evidence that lowering dietary fat intake will result in lowering the cancer death rate. Furthermore, it appears possible to have a relatively low death rate from "diet-related" cancers with an average fat intake. However, in order to fully assess the fat hypothesis, it is important to identify and carefully study a group of Americans with a genuine low-fat diet.
ISSN:0008-5472