BETA CAROTENE FAILS TO REDUCE LUNG CANCER RISK IN HEAVY SMOKERS
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
BETA CAROTENE FAILS TO REDUCE LUNG CANCER RISK IN HEAVY SMOKERS enrolled in a Finnish study of 29,133 male long-term smokers aged 50 to 69 years that appears in the April 14 New England Journal of Medicine. In fact, subjects receiving 20 mg beta carotene daily showed an 18% increase in lung cancer incidence. The clinical trial results on beta carotene and vitamin E supplements for the prevention of lung cancer are the first published analyses of the data from the long-term Alpha- Tocopherol, Beta Carotene (ATBC) Cancer Prevention Study.