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Comment
. 2006 Oct;55(10):1387-9.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.095463.

Folate: a magic bullet or a double edged sword for colorectal cancer prevention?

Y-I Kim  1
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Comment

Folate: a magic bullet or a double edged sword for colorectal cancer prevention?

Y-I Kim. Gut. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

Low folate status might inhibit colorectal carcinogenesis and high folate status may promote colorectal carcinogenesis, contradicting findings from epidemiological studies showing an inverse relationship between folate status and risk of colorectal cancer

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Comment on

  • Low folate levels may protect against colorectal cancer.
    Van Guelpen B, Hultdin J, Johansson I, Hallmans G, Stenling R, Riboli E, Winkvist A, Palmqvist R. Van Guelpen B, et al. Gut. 2006 Oct;55(10):1461-6. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.085480. Epub 2006 Apr 25. Gut. 2006. PMID: 16638790 Free PMC article.

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