SEROLOGICAL PRECURSORS OF CANCER - MALIGNANT-MELANOMA, BASAL AND SQUAMOUS-CELL SKIN-CANCER, AND PREDIAGNOSTIC LEVELS OF RETINOL, BETA-CAROTENE, LYCOPENE, ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL, AND SELENIUM

Authors
BRESLOW RA ALBERG AJ HELZLSOUER KJ BUSH TL NORKUS EP MORRIS JS SPATE VE COMSTOCK GW
Citation
Ra. Breslow et al., SEROLOGICAL PRECURSORS OF CANCER - MALIGNANT-MELANOMA, BASAL AND SQUAMOUS-CELL SKIN-CANCER, AND PREDIAGNOSTIC LEVELS OF RETINOL, BETA-CAROTENE, LYCOPENE, ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL, AND SELENIUM, Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 4(8), 1995, pp. 837-842
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention → ACNP
ISSN journal
10559965
Volume
4
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
837 - 842
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-9965(1995)4:8<837:SPOC-M>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
To determine the association between prediagnostic serum levels of ret inol, beta-carotene, lycopene, alpha-tocopherol, and selenium and the subsequent risk of malignant melanoma, and basal and squamous cell ski n cancer, a nested case-control study among residents of Washington Co unty, MD, was performed. Cases with melanoma (n = 30), basal cell (n = 32), and squamous cell (n = 37) skin cancer who were admitted to hosp ital for treatment or biopsy of metastatic lesions were each matched b y age, sex, and race with two controls. There were no significant asso ciations between serum micronutrient levels and the risk of subsequent skin cancer.