Folicacidandpancreaticcancer:Anadvance
10.3724/SP.J.1008.2011.00906
- Author:
Ming YANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Gastroenterology
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Folicacid;
Folicaciddeficiency;
Pancreaticneoplasms;
riskfacto
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
2011;32(8):906-910
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Folicacid, an essential microelement to human, is closely related to tumor development and progression. Recent studies have suggested that alow folate intake and impaired folate metabolism may be involved in the carcinogenesis of pancreaticcancer, but the specific mechanism remains unclear. In this paper we review the progress in the association of folate deficiency with pancreatic cancer from an epidemiological perspective, and introduce the progress in the mechanism by which folated efficiency causes tumor.
