Subcutaneous, omentum and tumor fatty acid composition, and serum insulin status in patients with benign or cancerous ovarian or endometrial tumors. Do tumors preferentially utilize polyunsaturated fatty acids?

Cancer Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 179-185

  Yam, D ^a   Ben Hur, H ^b   Dgani, R ^b   Fink, A ^b   Shani, A ^b   Berry, E M ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fatty acid composition; Serum insulin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISRAEL; JEW; LIPID COMPOSITION; OMENTUM; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; OMENTUM; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031023905     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(96)04530-2     Document Type: Article

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