Public Health: 'Natural' Cancer Prevention Trial Halted
- 26 January 1996
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 271 (5248) , 441b-441
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.271.5248.441b
Abstract
Hopes that beta carotene might prevent cancer were dashed last week when two large trials showed that the dietary supplement is at best ineffective. One large trial even suggested that it may raise cancer rates in some groups. Researchers are now struggling to explain the findings.Keywords
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