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Curtin University of Technology, Perth

Dietary lycopene and other carotenoids may protect against prostate cancer

Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, April 16th, 2005

Dietary lycopene and other carotenoids may protect against prostate cancer.

According to published research from Australia, "To determine whether dietary intake of lycopene and other carotenoids has an etiological association with prostate cancer, a case-control study was conducted in Hangzhou, southeast China during 2001-2002.

"The cases were 130 incident patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The controls were 274 hospital inpatients without prostate cancer or any other malignant diseases."

"Information on usual food consumption, including vegetables and fruits, was collected by face-to-face...

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