title: [Vitamins and cancer: results of a Basel study].
abstract: Nutrition surveys suggest an association between the low intake of vitamin A, beta-carotene and cancer death. The prospective Basel study included as a part of its third investigation (1971-1973) the immediate analysis of all plasma vitamins. 2974 men were evaluated and all cancer deaths registered in a first phase until 1980 (n = 102) and in a second period until 1985 (total n = 204). In the completely analyzed seven years follow up we found a strong inverse relationship for beta-carotene and all cancers, lung cancer and stomach cancer (p less than .01). Vitamin A (p less than .01) and vitamin C (p less than .05) were both on the average lower in subsequent stomach cancer death cases compared to non cases. Vitamin E was lower in death by all cancers and by stomach cancer (p less than .05). The first results of the twelve years follow up confirm the significant association for beta-carotene, vitamin A and C and cancer death.
authors.affiliation: Medizinisch-geriatrische Kliniken, Felix-Platter-Spital und Kantonsspital Basel.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Stähelin
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000172:deficiency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013557:Switzerland; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood; D014815:Vitamins / Q000097:blood; D019207:beta Carotene
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins; D019207:beta Carotene; D014810:Vitamin E; D002338:Carotenoids; D001205:Ascorbic Acid
vernacular_title: Vitamine und Krebs: Resultate der Basler Studie.