Dietary changes in the first 3 years after breast cancer diagnosis: a prospective Chinese breast cancer cohort study

Autor: Yi-Qian He, Ka Li Cheung, Winnie Yeo, Yuan-Yuan Lei, Roselle Lee, Carol Kwok, Ashley Cheng, Chi-Kiu Iris Lee, Suzanne C. Ho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Cancer Management and Research
ISSN: 1179-1322
Popis: Yuan-Yuan Lei,1 Suzanne C Ho,2 Ashley Cheng,3 Carol Kwok,3 Ka Li Cheung,1 Yi-Qian He,1 Chi-Kiu Iris Lee,1 Roselle Lee,1 Winnie Yeo1,4 1Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; 2Division of Epidemiology, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; 3Department of Clinical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; 4Hong Kong Cancer Institute, State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China Background: The diagnosis of cancer can motivate patients to change their dietary habits. Evidence on changes in dietary intake before and after breast cancer diagnosis in Chinese women has been limited. Patients and methods: In an ongoing prospective cohort study which involved 1,462 Chinese women with early-stage breast cancer, validated food frequency questionnaire was used to assess prediagnostic dietary intake (using questionnaire to recall dietary intake before diagnosis, which completed at baseline, ie, 0–12 months after diagnosis) and postdiagnostic dietary intake at 18-month and 36-month follow-ups after diagnosis. This study quantitatively compared dietary intake across three time points before and after breast cancer diagnosis. Results: Breast cancer patients significantly and continuously increased vegetables and fruits consumption, from 4.54 servings/day at prediagnosis to 5.19 and 5.59 servings/day at 18-month and 36-month follow-ups postdiagnosis, respectively (each compared to baseline, P
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