Folate & pancreatic cancer.Foods rich in the B vitamin folate folate /fo·late/ (fo´lat) 1. the anionic form of folic acid. 2. more generally, any of a group of substances containing a form of pteroic acid conjugated with l-glutamic acid and having a variety of substitutions. may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer pancreatic cancer Malignant tumour of the pancreas. Risk factors include smoking, a diet high in fat, exposure to certain industrial products, and diseases such as diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatic cancer is more common in men. . Researchers tracked more than 80,000 healthy women and men in the Swedish Mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men for seven years. The risk of pancreatic cancer was 75 percent lower in people who got the most folate (at least 350 micrograms a day) from foods than in those who got the least (less than 200 mcg a day). Folate from supplements was not linked to the risk of pancreatic cancer. What to do: Now you've got one more reason to eat folate-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, and beans See JavaBeans. . J. Nat Cancer Inst. 98: 407, 2006. |
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