Folate: a magic bullet or a double edged sword for colorectal cancer prevention?
- 1 October 2006
- Vol. 55 (10) , 1387-1389
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2006.095463
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 cancerKeywords
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