Rewriting xyz as combination of squares

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It is well-known that $xy=\frac{1}{4}[(x+y)^2-(x-y)^2]$. However for the problem I am currently working, I need to write $xyz$ as a lineal combination of squares or cubes of $\{\pm x\pm y \pm z\}$.

Any ideas on how to do so?

Edit: As it was pointed to me in the comments, you can't do it with just cuadratics, but I'm still interested in knowing how this might be done with the addition of cubes

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$$ x y z = \frac{1}{24}\left( (x+y+z)^3 - (x+y-z)^3 -(x-y+z)^3 -(-x+y+z)^3 \right) \text{.} $$