Dietary fat in relation to fatty acid composition of red cells and adipose tissue in colorectal cancer.

Fatty acids were determined in erthrocytes in 49 patients with colorectal cancer and compared with age and sex-matched controls. Marginally increased levels of stearic acid (P = 0.057) and oleic acid (P = 0.064) and decreased arachidonic acid (P = 0.043) occurred in cancer patients. There was no dif...

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Main Authors: Neoptolemos, J. P., Clayton, H., Heagerty, A. M., Nicholson, M. J., Johnson, B., Mason, J., Manson, K., James, R. F., Bell, P. R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1988
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2246818/