Effects of supplemental alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene on urinary tract cancer: Incidence and mortality in a controlled trial (Finland)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 933-939

  Virtamo, Jarmo ^a   Edwards, Brenda K ^b   Virtanen, Mikko ^a   Taylor, Philip R ^b   Malila, Nea ^a   Albanes, Demetrius ^b   Huttunen, Jussi K ^a   Hartman, Anne M ^b   Hietanen, Päivi ^c   Mäenpää, Hanna ^c   Koss, Leopold ^d   Nordling, Stig ^e   Heinonen, Olli P ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Chemoprevention; Randomized controlled trials; Renal cell cancer; Urothelial cancer; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FINLAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 17744386324     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026546803917     Document Type: Article

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