Fear of cancer recurrence among breast cancer survivors could be controlled by prudent dietary modification with polyunsaturated fatty acids

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 245; pp. 1114 - 1118
• Main Authors: Okubo, Ryo, Noguchi, Hiroko, Hamazaki, Kei, Sekiguchi, Masayuki, Kinoshita, Takayuki, Katsumata, Noriko, Narisawa, Tomomi, Uezono, Yasuhito, Xiao, Jinzhong, Matsuoka, Yutaka J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.02.2019
• Subjects: Aged; alpha-Linolenic Acid - blood; Anxiety; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Cancer Survivors - psychology; Cancer survivorship; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression - blood; Depression - psychology; Fatty Acids, Omega-3; Fear - psychology; Fear of cancer recurrence; Female; Humans; Memory; Mental health; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - psychology; Nutrition; Phobic Disorders - blood; Phobic Disorders - psychology; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - blood; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology; Anxiety; Nutrition; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Fear of cancer recurrence; Mental health; Cancer survivorship

•Blood alpha-linolenic acid was inversely associated with fear of cancer recurrence.•No significant associations were found for other n-3 and n-6 PUFAs.•The association was independent of depressive symptoms and PTSD symptoms. The pathophysiology of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR), the leading unmet...