CORRESPONDENCE

Re: Tomatoes, Tomato-based Products, Lycopene, and Prostate Cancer: Review of the Epidemiologic Literature

Herschel S. Zackheim

Correspondence to:Herschel S. Zackheim, M.D., Department of Dematology, University of California-San Francisco, Box 0316, San Francisco, CA 94143-0316

In his review of tomatoes, tomato-based products, lycopene, and cancer, Giovannucci (1) notes that, although consumption of tomato sauce and tomatoes had an inverse association with prostate cancer risk, there was no such association with consumption of tomato juice. Does he have any thoughts as to the reason for this apparent inconsistency?

REFERENCES

1 Giovannucci E. Tomatoes, tomato-based products, lycopene, and cancer: review of the epidemiologic literature. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999;91:317-31.[Abstract/Free Full Text]


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