Mice with breast tumors that eat fish oil stay healthier and gain weight before treatment, while those on regular oil lose weight — suggesting fish oil helps fight cancer-related wasting.

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Role of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in omega 3 fatty acids induced suppression of breast cancer xenograft growth in mice

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2002 Jul 17

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Role of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in omega 3 fatty acids induced suppression of breast cancer xenograft growth in mice

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DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-2-10

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Feeding mice a diet rich in fish oil changes the fat composition in their breast tumors, and those tumors grow slower when treated with a common cancer drug.

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