Key clinical point: The risk for all-cause mortality and cancer progression or death is lower among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) and a higher intake of vegetable fats.
Major finding: Patients with the highest (23.5% kcal/day; interquartile range [IQR] 21.6%-25.7% kcal/day) vs lowest (11.6% kcal/day; IQR 10.1%-12.7% kcal/day) median intake of vegetable fats showed a lower risk for all-cause mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 0.79; 95% CI 0.63-1.00) and cancer progression or death (aHR 0.71; 95% CI 0.57-0.88).
Study details: Findings are from a prospective analysis that included 1149 patients with metastatic CRC from the CALGB 80405 (Alliance)/SWOG 80405 study .
Disclosures: This study was supported by the US National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health and partly by Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, Pfizer, and Sanofi. Some authors declared serving as advisory board members or consultants for or receiving research support or payments for research advice or services from various sources, including Pfizer and Genentech.
Source: Van Blarigan EL et al. Dietary fat in relation to all-cause mortality and cancer progression and death among people with metastatic colorectal cancer: Data from CALGB 80405 (Alliance)/SWOG 80405. Int J Cancer. 2022 (Jul 29). Doi: 10.1002/ijc.34230