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Beta-carotene did not work: aftermath of the ATBC study
M Rautalahti1, D Albanes, J Virtamo
1National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland. matti.rautalahti@ktl.fi
Cancer Letters
|March 19, 1997
Abstract:
The results of the ATBC study, the first large intervention trial of antioxidants, were intriguing. While the possibility that beta-carotene may in some circumstances enhance carcinogenesis has now been confirmed in another large trial, the mechanisms of action remain obscure.