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- Title
Daily sunscreen application and betacarotene supplementation in prevention of basal-cell and squamous-cell carcinomas of the skin: a randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Green, A; Williams, G; Neale, R; Hart, V; Leslie, D; Parsons, P; Marks, G C; Gaffney, P; Battistutta, D; Frost, C; Lang, C; Russell, A
- Abstract
The use of sunscreens on the skin can prevent sunburn but whether long-term use can prevent skin cancer is not known. Also, there is evidence that oral betacarotene supplementation lowers skin-cancer rates in animals, but there is limited evidence of its effect in human beings.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1999, Vol 354, Issue 9180, p723
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(98)12168-2