Reduction in all-cause mortality for women with high intake of tuna, other fish, ω-3-PUFAs
FRIDAY, March 27, 2015 (HealthDay News) — High intake of fish and long-chain ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) is associated with reduced all-cause mortality after breast cancer, according to a study published online March 24 in Cancer.
Nikhil K. Khankari, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues examined data from a population-based follow-up study involving 1,463 women newly diagnosed with first primary breast cancer who were interviewed approximately three months after diagnosis. Risk and prognostic factors were assessed, including dietary intake, using a food frequency questionnaire. The authors determined vital status through 2011, with a median follow-up of 14.7 years and 485 deaths.
The researchers found that, among women with breast cancer, all-cause mortality was reduced for those reporting the highest quartile of intake (versus never) for tuna (hazard ratio, 0.71), other baked or broiled fish (hazard ratio, 0.75), and the dietary long-chain ω-3 PUFAs docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid (hazard ratios, 0.71 and 0.75, respectively).
“Pending additional replication, dietary intake of fish and other sources of long-chain ω-3 fatty acids may provide an additional strategy with which to improve survival after breast cancer,” the authors write.
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