An analysis by Chlebowski and Blackburn of the data from the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS) confirmed that a low-fat diet can reduce the risk of dying for a women with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast tumors.

A study by Chlebowski et al, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that reducing dietary fat intake, with modest influence on body weight, may improve relapse-free survival of breast cancer patients receiving conventional cancer management.

The women were tracked for 20 years, through 2013. Researchers from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center who analyzed the data found that women who stuck to the low-fat, plant-based diet had a 20 percent lower risk of dying from breast cancer.

For a news article about the study, see here.