The possibility that carotenoids might modulate human cancer rates has attracted the
attention of scientists and the public for well over a decade. The interest was fueled by the …

Epidemiological studies suggest that cancer risk is related to dietary intake of carotenoid-
rich fruit and vegetables. Whether or not carotenoids are the active component has yet to be …

Since Peto et al 1 hypothesized that ß-carotene might function to reduce human cancer
rates, much interest has been generated in attempting to relate the known carotenoid …

The epidemiologic evidence that carotenoids are involved in cancer etiology is evaluated.
Low intake of vegetables and fruits and carotenoids is consistently associated with an …

Many epidemiological studies have shown an association between diets rich in carotenoids
and a reduced incidence of many forms of cancer, and it has been suggested that the …

Fruits and vegetables have an important role in the prevention of cancer. Carotenoids have
been implicated as an important group of phytochemicals that are involved in cancer …

Carotenoids are plant pigments that are present in the human diet as microcomponents of
fruit and vegetables. Since 1980, a consistent bulk of the results from both epidemiologic …

Of 600 carotenoids from natural sources that have been characterized, fewer than 10%
serve as precursors of vitamin A. Many dietary carotenoids, both with and without provitamin …

Evidence has accumulated from many prospective as well as retrospective epidemiological
studies that individuals eating more fruits and vegetables rich in carotenoids (1), or having …

As evidence accumulated from epidemiological studies that β-carotene acts as a
chemopreventive agent with respect to inhibiting the appearance of certain types of tumors …