Effects of supplemental α-tocopherol and β-carotene on colorectal cancer: Results from a controlled trial (Finland)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-205

  Albanes, Demetrius ^a   Malila, Nea ^b   Taylor, Philip R ^a   Huttunen, Jussi K ^b   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Edwards, Brenda K ^a   Rautalahti, Matti ^b   Hartman, Anne M ^a   Barrett, Michael J ^c   Pietinen, Pirjo ^b   Hartman, Terryl J ^a   Sipponen, Pentti ^d   Lewin, Klaus ^e   Teerenhovi, Lasse ^f   Hietanen, Paivi ^f   Tangrea, Joseph A ^a   Virtanen, Mikko ^b   Heinonen, Olli P ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

tocopherol; carotene; Chemoprevention; Colorectal cancer; Micronutrients; Trial; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; BETA CAROTENE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0034026977     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008936214087     Document Type: Article

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