About the Authors
- Maria Azrad
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* E-mail: maria123@uab.edu
Affiliation Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Kui Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Robin T. Vollmer
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Affiliations Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology, Durham Veterans Affair Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- John Madden
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Thomas J. Polascik
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Affiliation Department of Surgery and Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Denise C. Snyder
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Mack T. Ruffin
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Judd W. Moul
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Affiliation Department of Surgery and Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Dean Brenner
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Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Robert W. Hardy
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Affiliations Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Wendy Demark-Wahnefried
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Affiliation Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Competing Interests
The flaxseed used in the study was donated by ENRECO, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MA WDW. Performed the experiments: RTV JM. Analyzed the data: MA KZ. Wrote the paper: MA KZ WDW. Helped in the selestion of participants: TJP JWM. Conducted nutritional assessments of participants: DCS. Provided input into the study design, manuscript preparation and editing: MTR DB RWH.