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ÁCIDOS GRASOS OMEGA-3 Y CÁNCER, UNA ALTERNATIVA NUTRICIONAL PARA SU PREVENCIÓN Y TRATAMIENTO

OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS AND CANCER, A NUTRITIONALALTERNATIVE FOR ITS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

Rodrigo Valenzuela B. (1), Karla Bascuñan G.(1), Rodrigo Chamorro M.(2), Alfonso Valenzuela B. (3).

(1) Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.

(2) Laboratorio de Sueño, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA) Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.

(3) Centro de Lípidos. Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA), Universidad de Chile y Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes. Santiago, Chile.

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ABSTRACT

Long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 LCPUFA) are essential for human beings and they should be incorporated to our body through the diet. For almost a century it is known that these fatty acids are essential for growth and development of individuals andfrom 1970 onwards, investigations have found solid evidence about several health properties attributed to these fatty acids, especially at the cardiovascular, neurological and anti-inflammatory level; it is in this sense that today a large number of investigations have focused to study the protective role of omega-3 LCPUFA against cancer, primarily based on the anti-inflammatory properties that they possess. In this paper we describe a series of evidences to establish a possible preventive and therapeutic use of omega-3 LCPUFA against cancer, specifically in prostate, breast and colon cancer.

Key words: cancer, fatty acids, omega-3 fatty acids, anti-inflammatory

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