Prediagnostic level of serum retinol in relation to reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 482-490

  Yuan, Jian Min ^a,e   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Ong, Choon Nam ^c   Ross, Ronald K ^d   Yu, Mimi C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ALPHA-CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BETA CAROTENE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUTEIN; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; TOCOPHEROLS; VITAMIN A; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 33645740759     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj104     Document Type: Article

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