Cancer Letters
Volume 234, Issue 2 , Pages 168-175 , 28 March 2006

Flaxseed and its components reduce metastasis after surgical excision of solid human breast tumor in nude mice

Received 7 October 2004 ,Revised 11 March 2005 ,Accepted 22 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.03.056

Cancer Letters
Volume 234, Issue 2 , Pages 168-175 , 28 March 2006

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