The association between lung and prostate cancer risk, and serum micronutrients: Results and lessons learned from β-carotene and retinol efficacy trial

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 518-526

  Goodman, Gary E ^a,b   Schaffer, Steven ^a   Omenn, Gilbert S ^c   Chen, Chu ^a   King, Irena ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; PLACEBO; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; TOCOPHEROL; TRACE ELEMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0037782104     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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