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Arachidonic acid and cancer risk: a systematic review of observational studies

BACKGROUND: An n-6 essential fatty acid, arachidonic acid (ARA) is converted into prostaglandin E(2), which is involved in tumour extension. However, it is unclear whether dietary ARA intake leads to cancer in humans. We thus systematically evaluated available observational studies on the relationsh...

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Autores principales: Sakai, Mai, Kakutani, Saki, Horikawa, Chika, Tokuda, Hisanori, Kawashima, Hiroshi, Shibata, Hiroshi, Okubo, Hitomi, Sasaki, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23249186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-606