New clues on the relationship between dietary fat and cancer of the colon
Researchers found genetic changes that affect how the body uses insulin.
Researchers say they have discovered clues about how fat diet increases the risk of colon cancer.
"It has always been questions about why things such as diet and obesity are independent risk factors for colon cancer. This study suggests how and why diets rich in fat are associated with colon cancer, "he said in a news release from Temple University lead author Carmen Sapienza, a professor of pathology of the Fels Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Biology of the University.
Sapienza and colleagues examined the colon healthy tissue of patients with colon cancer and found that epigenetic marks on genes involved in the breakdown of carbohydrates, fats and amino acids (common in a fat Western diet) appear to have been retrained.
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