ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2021
Omega-3 fatty acid intake and decreased risk of skin cancer in organ transplant recipients.
Article in European journal of nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Association Between Genetically Elevated Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Skin Disease Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025Article
- Clinical Implications of Skin Cancer in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Era of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2024Review
- Association between blood metabolites and basal cell carcinoma risk: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on nutritional status and inflammatory response in patients with stage II-III NSCLC undergoing postoperative chemotherapy: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Cannabidiolic acid in Hemp Seed Oil Table Spoon and Beyond.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Daily Lifestyle and Cutaneous Malignancies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposeOrgan transplant recipients have over 100-fold higher risk of developing skin cancer than the general population and are in need of further preventive strategies. We assessed the possible preventive effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) intake from food on the two main skin cancers, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in kidney and liver transplant recipients.
methodsAdult kidney or liver transplant recipients transplanted for at least 1 year and at high risk of skin cancer were recruited from the main transplant hospital in Queensland, 2012-2014 and followed until mid-2016. We estimated their dietary total long-chain omega-3 PUFAs and α-linolenic acid intakes at baseline using a food frequency questionnaire and ranked PUFA intakes as low, medium, or high. Relative risks (RRs
resultsThere were 449 transplant recipients (mean age, 55 years; 286 (64%) male). During follow-up, 149 (33%) patients developed SCC (median 2/person; range 1-40) and 134 (30%), BCC. Transplant recipients with high total long-chain omega-3 PUFA compared with low intakes showed substantially reduced SCC tumour risk (RR
conclusionAmong organ transplant recipients, relatively high intakes of long-chain omega-3 PUFAs and of α-linolenic acid may reduce risks of SCC and BCC, respectively.
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