Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and cancers of the breast and colorectum: Emerging evidence for their role as risk modifiers

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2209-2218

  Bartsch, Helmut ^a   Nair, Jagadeesan ^a   Owen, Robert Wyn ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA DAMAGE; FAT INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033394912     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/20.12.2209     Document Type: Note

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