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Re: Prostate Carcinogenesis in N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (NMU)Testosterone-Treated Rats Fed Tomato Powder, Lycopene, or Energy-Restricted Diets
Affiliations of authors: Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (JL, WMVW, FHS); BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany (KK, UCOJ, DP).
Correspondence to: Fritz H. Schröder, MD, PhD, Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands (e-mail: e.vandenberg@erasmusmc.nl)
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Epidemiologic studies have suggested that intake of tomatoes and tomato products may lower prostate cancer risk (1). The general belief that lycopene, the predominant tomato carotenoid, may be the major protective substance has recently been challenged by Boileau et al. (2). Using a rat
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J Natl Cancer Inst 2004 96: 554-555.
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