Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Rockville, MD 20850

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Contract No. 290-02-0003

Prepared by:

Southern California/RAND Evidence-based Practice Center, Los Angeles, CA

Catherine H. MacLean, MD, PhD

Task Order Director

Amalia Issa, PhD

Puja Khanna, MD, MPH

Yee-Wei Lim, PhD

Walter A. Mojica, MD, MPH

Scientific Reviewers

Sydne J. Newberry, PhD

Editor

Sally C. Morton, PhD

Marika Suttorp, MS

Wenli Tu, MS

Statisticians

Lara G. Hilton, BA

Programmer/Analyst

Rena Hasenfeld Garland, BA

Project Manager

Sally C. Morton, PhD

Paul G. Shekelle, MD, PhD

Program Directors

Jessie McGowan, MLIS

Nancy Santesso, RD, MLIS

Librarians

Shannon Rhodes, MFA

Cony Rolon, BA

Shana Traina, MA

Staff Assistants

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E010-2

February 2005

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Suggested Citation:

MacLean CH, Newberry SJ, Mojica, WA, Issa A, Khanna P, Lim YW, Morton SC, Suttorp M, Tu W, Hilton LG, Garland RH, Traina SB, Shekelle PG. Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Cancer. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 113. (Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0003.) AHRQ Publication No. 05-E010-2. Rockville, MD. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2005.