Do More Calories Help Colon Cancer Patients?
TUESDAY, May 13 (HealthScoutNews) — High-calorie diets may actually protect you in a battle with colorectal cancer. That’s the surprising result of a new study from French scientists, who say that energy intake before a diagnosis of colorectal cancer predicts the odds of surviving the disease over time. Why eating more benefits these people isn’t clear, however, and some experts aren’t convinced the link is real. A recent study from the American Cancer Society found that being overweight or obese raises the risk of dying from any cancer, including colorectal tumors, by between 50 percent and 60 percent. But study author Dr. Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault believes people who eat more may develop a less aggressive form of colorectal tumors than do people whose diets are lower in calories. “We are going to follow up this idea by studying the genes of tumors” in patients with high and low energy intake, says Boutron-Ruault, a nutrition researcher at French Institute of Health and Medical
