Responsiveness of carotenoids to a high vegetable diet intervention designed to prevent breast cancer recurrence

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 617-623

  Rock, Cheryl L ^a   Flatt, Shirley W ^a   Wright, Fred A ^a   Faerber, Susan ^a   Newman, Vicky ^a   Kealey, Sheila ^a   Pierce, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0030798923     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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