High fat diet, lipid peroxidation, and pancreatic carcinogenesis

Zhang, J.; Go, V.L.

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 399: 165-172

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0065-2598
PMID: 8937556
Document Number: 457123
Pancreatic cancer is the fifth leading cause of death from cancer in the USA. Animal studies examining the promotion of pancreatic cancer by a high-fat diet are reviewed. The mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis induced by bis(2-oxopropyl)amine are discussed. The antitumour effects observed with dietary fish oil and the protective effect of antioxidants in pancreatic cancer are considered.

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