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- Title
Lung cancer promotion by beta-carotene and tobacco smoke: relationship to suppression of retinoic acid receptor-beta and increased activator protein-1?
- Authors
Lotan, Reuben; Lotan, R
- Abstract
Editorial. Focuses on the relationship between estimated intake of beta-carotene and the risk of developing lung cancer. Review of studies conducted in the 1970s and 1980s; Mechanisms proposed for the cancer preventive effects; Reference to an article by Wang, et al. in the same issue, which provides a possible explanation for the enhancing effect of beta-carotene supplementation.
- Subjects
CAROTENES; LUNG cancer; CANCER research; HEALTH; NUTRITION
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999, Vol 91, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
commentary
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/91.1.7