Home > JAMA REPORT > Diet Linked to Risk of Reccurent Colon Cancer Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Feb 09, 2008 by JMeyerhardt, Views: 2037 JAMA Report: Thirty thousand americans will be diagnosed with stage 3 colon caner this year. Stage 3 means that the cancer is present in the colon and lymph nodes. A new study in JAMA shows that after treatment, a western diet could play a role in recurrent cancer and survival.