Translations:Fat/39/en

• A meta-analysis published in 2003 found a significant positive relationship between saturated fat and breast cancer. However two subsequent reviews have found weak or insignificant relation, and noted the prevalence of confounding factors.
• Another review found limited evidence for a positive relationship between consuming animal fat and incidence of colorectal cancer.
• Other meta-analyses found evidence for increased risk of ovarian cancer by high consumption of saturated fat.
• Some studies have indicated that serum myristic acid and palmitic acid and dietary myristic and palmitic saturated fatty acids and serum palmitic combined with alpha-tocopherol supplementation are associated with increased risk of prostate cancer in a dose-dependent manner. These associations may, however, reflect differences in intake or metabolism of these fatty acids between the precancer cases and controls, rather than being an actual cause.