Low Plasma Lycopene Concentration is Associated with Increased Mortality in a Cohort of Patients with Prior Oral, Pharynx or Larynx Cancers

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-42

  Mayne, Susan T ^a   Cartmel, Brenda ^a   Lin, Haiqun ^a   Zheng, Tongzhang ^a   Goodwin, W Jarrard ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Carotenoids; Human; Lycopene; Mortality; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; SECOND CANCER; SMOKING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1042276584     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719340     Document Type: Article

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