Dietary intake of fish, ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acids and risk of colorectal cancer: A prospective study in U.S. men and women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2413-2423

  Song, Mingyang ^a   Chan, Andrew T ^b   Fuchs, Charles S ^b   Ogino, Shuji ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a,b   Ma, Jing ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b   Wu, Kana ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Fish; 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid; 6 polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG USE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; Ω-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; Ω-6 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

COLORECTAL CANCER; FISH; Ω-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; Ω-6 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909977840     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28878     Document Type: Article

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