Upregulation of 5-LOX and 12-LOX activities in cancer contrast with the decrease in 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX) isoform 1 (15-LOX-1) function, as well as in the metabolites generated from linoleic acid oxidation, such as 13–hydroperoxyoctadecadienoic acid (13(S)-HpODE) [178] and 13-S-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid (13-S-HODE), which are reported in human colorectal and esophageal cancers [173]. Here, ALOX12 is linked to cancer.