An ingredient in common cooking oil linked to aggressive breast cancer |
[ad_1] Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers found in women in the United States. About 1 in 3 of all new female cancer diagnoses each year is breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. This year, an estimated 316,950 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected. A new study has now shed light on a potential dietary link to one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat subtypes of breast cancer. A fat commonly found in cooking oils and animal products may accelerate the growth of a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer, according to a new preclinical study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The study is published in the Science journal. Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in cooking oil derived from seeds such as soybean and safflower oil, and also in […]