TUESDAY — A diet rich in dairy products may slightly extend the lives of people diagnosed with colon cancer, a new study suggests.
But at least one cancer doctor not involved with the study was skeptical of the research and its conclusions.
The study found that people who ate the most dairy lived slightly longer and had a lower risk of dying from any cause.
"If you are a colorectal cancer patient, calcium and milk consumption may improve your survival. But do not change your diet just yet before more research is conducted," said lead researcher Peter Campbell, who's with the American Cancer Society's epidemiology research program. The new study, he noted, showed only an association between dairy and survival — it could not prove that dairy consumption was the direct cause of increased longevity.
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