The effects of EPA and DHA enriched fish oil on nutritional and immunological markers of treatment naïve breast cancer patients: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

The effects of EPA and DHA enriched fish oil on nutritional and immunological markers of treatment naïve breast cancer patients: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

Abstract Background We evaluated the effects of eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids enriched fish oil (FO) on nutritional and immunological parameters of treatment naïve breast cancer patients. Methods In a randomized double blind controlled trial, the FO group (FG) patients were...

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Main Authors: Elemárcia Martins da Silva Paixão, Ana Carolina de M. Oliveira, Nathalia Pizato, Maria Imaculada Muniz-Junqueira, Kelly G. Magalhães, Eduardo Yoshio Nakano, Marina K. Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Nutrition Journal
Subjects:
Breast cancer
N-3 fatty acids
Fish oil
Immunonutrition
Cytokines
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-017-0295-9

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