Cancer

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Heinonen OP, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Taylor PR, Huttunen JK, Hartman AM, Haapakoski J, Malila N, Rutalahti M, Ripatti S, Mäenpää H, Teerenhovi L, Koss L, Virolainen M, and Edwards BK (1998) Prostate Cancer and Supplementation With a-Tocopherol and β-Carotene: Incidence and Mortality in a Controlled Trail. J Natl Cancer Inst 90:440-6.
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Menendez JA, Vazquez-Martin A, Colomer R, Brunet J, Carrasco-Pancorbo A, Garcia-Villalba R, Fernandez-Gutierrez A, and Segura-Carretero A (2007) Olive oil's bitter principle reverses acquired autoresistance to trastuzumab (Herceptin™) in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells. BMC Cancer 7:80.
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Fini L, Hotchkiss E, Fogliano V, Graziani G, Romano M, De Vol EB, Qin H, Selgrad M, Boland CR, and Ricciardiello L (2008) Chemopreventive properties of pinoresinol-rich olive oil involve a selective activation of the ATM-p53 cascade in colon cancer cell lines. Carcinogenesis vol.29 no.1 pp.139–146.
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D'Angelo S, Manna C, Migliardi V, Mazzoni O, Morrica P, Capasso G, Pontoni G, Galletti P, AND Zappia V (2001) Pharmacokinetics and metabolism of hydroxytyrosol, a natural antioxidant from olive oil. DMD 29:1492–1498.
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D'Angelo S, Ingrosso D, Migliardi V, Sorrentino A, Donnarumma G, Baroni A, Masella L, Tufano MA, Zappia M, and Galletti P (2005) Hydroxytyrosol, a natural antioxidant from olive oil, prevents protein damage induced by long-wave ultraviolet radiation in melanoma cells. Free Radical Biology & Medicine 38:908–919.
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Owen RW, Haubner R, Würtele G, Hull WE, Spiegelhalder B, and Bartsch H (2004) Olives and olive oil in cancer prevention. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 13:319–326.
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López S, Pacheco YM, Bermúdez B, Abia R, and Muriana FJG (2004) Olive oil and cancer. Grasas y Aceites 55:33-41.
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Menendez JA, Vazquez-Martin A, Oliveras-Ferraros C, Garcia-Villalba R, Carrasco-Pancorbo A, Fernandez-Gutierrez A, and Segura-Carretero A (2009) Extra-virgin olive oil polyphenols inhibit HER2 (erbB-2)-induced malignant transformation in human breast epithelial cells: Relationship between the chemical structures of extra-virgin olive oil secoiridoids and lignans and their inhibitory activities on the tyrosine kinase activity of HER2. International Journal of Oncology 34:43-51.
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Menendez JA, Vazquez-Martin A, Oliveras-Ferraros C, Garcia-Villalba R, Carrasco-Pancorbo A, Fernandez-Gutierrez A, and Segura-Carretero A (2008) Analyzing effects of extra-virgin olive oil polyphenols on breast cancer-associated fatty acid synthase protein expression using reverse-phase protein microarrays. International Journal of Molecular Medicine 22:433-439.
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