Day 034 - 11 Oct 94 - Page 15
1 something recent to 1988.
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3 A little bit later on in the paragraph he makes three
4 points, first of all, that high fat diets increase the
5 likelihood of breast cancer in animals. Often these
6 studies are done giving an initiator, a carcinogen, a
7 chemical that can cause cancer. But some of the animals
8 are given a high fat diet and some are given a low fat
9 diet; the effect of the diet on later cancer rates is
10 noted.
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12 He notes that the animals who follow a high fat diet are
13 more likely to have cancer. Secondly, that animals that
14 are obese are more likely to develop breast cancer. All
15 of these references are in relation to breast cancer.
16 Third, that fat restriction reducing the amount of fat
17 inhibited the development of breast cancer.
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19 There is nothing in that paragraph that provides any
20 contradictory evidence and nothing in that paragraph that
21 provides any evidence of a neutral nature. It is all
22 considered supportive and also, presumably, it is related
23 to -----
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25 Q. When you say "They all relate to breast cancer", is that
26 because you know that from the actual references? The
27 adjective "mammary" appears twice.
28 A. Forgive me -- I had feared that -----
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30 Q. You have skin tumours.
31 A. When I was reading those middle paragraphs, I was
32 afraid I had left out the words "breast cancer". I meant
33 to say those were mammary tumours. I did not mean to say
34 that it was implied about his initial introductory
35 sentences there, which are general in nature. He reports
36 that these associations also relate to vegetables oils.
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38 One would have to presume the Surgeon General's
39 suggestions that the role may be causative; perhaps he had
40 in mind the fact that the incidence of cancer in the
41 animals could be manipulated by either feeding them more
42 cancer, which increased the risk -- I am sorry -- feeding
43 them more fat, which increased the risk of cancer, or
44 feeding them less fat, which reduced the risk of cancer,
45 which may shed some light on whether it is simply an
46 association or whether, indeed, is some cause and effect.
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48 In the following paragraph the Surgeon General reviews
49 some information about intestinal tumours, one of which
50 would be colon cancer.
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52 MR. MORRIS: What page are we on here now?
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Bottom of page 197.
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56 MR. MORRIS: I just have one -- do you consider this whole
57 chapter important in terms of diet and cancer?
58 A. Apparently -----.
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60 Q. Not just for the breast cancer sections, but all of it?
