An Integrative Approach to Assessing Diet-Cancer Relationships.
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SUBMITTER: Murphy R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7241082 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
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An Integrative Approach to Assessing Diet-Cancer Relationships.
Metabolites 20200325 4
The relationship between diet and cancer is often viewed with skepticism by the public and health professionals, despite a considerable body of evidence and general consistency in recommendations over the past decades. A systems biology approach which integrates 'omics' data including metabolomics, genetics, metagenomics, transcriptomics and proteomics holds promise for developing a better understanding of how diet affects cancer and for improving the assessment of diet through biomarker discove ...[more]
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