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World J Exp Med. Mar 20, 2026; 16(1): 117024
Published online Mar 20, 2026. doi: 10.5493/wjem.v16.i1.117024
Table 5 Mechanistic hypothesis in other cancers
Cancer type
Evidence type
Strength of causality
Breast cancerIn vitro + in vivo functional studiesStrong (mechanistic)
Hepatocellular carcinomaIn vitro + hypoxia-driven mechanistic studiesStrong (mechanistic)
Oral/HNSCCExpression + serum lipid correlationsWeak (associative)
Ovarian cancerClinical correlations + expression dataWeak-moderate (associative)
Pancreatic cancerIndirect metabolic inferenceSpeculative (hypothesis)


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