Anti(angiogenic) food components : can be a major source of bias in the investigation of angiogenesis inhibitors

2023 Annals of Translational Medicine. All rights reserved..

Background: Natural and diet-derived angiogenesis inhibitors/promotors are widely found in diets. These compounds can in several ways impact the results of oncological research of angiogenesis inhibitors.

Methods: We very briefly overview some of the most important examples to show how these compounds can create a bias in current research of cancer. Implications of this expert opinion cover similar angiogenesis-related diseases.

Results: Significant intra-individual differences in terms of dietary intake and differential effect of food processing techniques result in differential bioactivity and bioavailability of these compounds. There are only a handful of validated dietary questionnaire to quantify natural angiogenesis inhibitors/promotors. A corollary consequence is that participants in non-randomized clinical trials will have different baseline levels of serum/plasma/tissue/organ diet-derived angiogenesis inhibitors/promotors. This will lead to creation of clinical uncertainty and a hidden bias and consequently creation of translational efficiency bias, sampling efficiency, and waste of resources. We call for developing and validating a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to gather data on these agents, specifically designed for oncological research because there is a clear gap in the literature of oncology.

Conclusions: This might facilitate the discovery of better prognostic, diagnostic, preventive measures, and therapeutic agents for the management of different cancers. Implications of this paper cover similar settings like ophthalmologic research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Annals of translational medicine - 11(2023), 12 vom: 20. Dez., Seite 419

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rastmanesh, Reza [VerfasserIn]
Bowirrat, Abdalla [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Ashim [VerfasserIn]
Gilley, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Blum, Kenneth [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Angiogenesis inhibitors
Anti(angiogenic) food components
Bias
Journal Article
Oncological research
Ophthalmological research
Review

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Date Revised 13.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/atm-23-1517

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367043572