Researchers conducted a seven-year median follow-up of 992 stage III colon cancer patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy between 1991 and 2001. The researchers assessed lifestyle and assigned a McCullough score for adherence to the guidelines.
Here’s what you should know.
1. During the follow-up period, researchers documented 355 recurrences and 299 deaths.
2. Approximately 9 percent of patients with a score of five to six points had a 42 percent lower risk of death compared to the 26 percent who scored zero or one point.
3. The higher scoring patients had higher disease-free survival scores.
Researchers concluded patients who kept a health body weight, had a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grain diet and drank small-to-moderate amounts of alcohol had longer disease-free and overall survival rates than those who did not.
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