Fat Intake After Diagnosis and Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer and All-Cause Mortality

Abstract

Nearly 2.5 million men currently live with prostate cancer in the United States, and more than 241 000 cases were diagnosed in 2012.¹ Dietary fat has been extensively studied in relation to incident prostate cancer, with mixed results.^2-7 Studies of advanced disease have more consistent findings than those examining total prostate cancer, suggesting that fat intake may be relevant to disease progression,⁸ but little is known about postdiagnostic fat intake and prostate cancer progression or overall survival.