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Protective Effects of Beta-Carotene Against Psoralen Phototoxicity: Relevance to Protection Against Carcinogenesis

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Improvement in prevention and therapy of various types of cancers represents the major challenge in modern medicine. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy result in temporary or sometimes complete remission only in a certain percentage of cancer patients. Immunotherapy, although promising, is still in an experimental stage. Increasingly, emphasis has therefore focused on the prevention of cancer formation. One of the ways to achieve this goal is to design and administer agents that modulate the process of carcinogenesis.

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    Andrija Kornhauser, Wayne Wamer & Albert Giles Jr.

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Kornhauser, A., Wamer, W., Giles, A. (1986). Protective Effects of Beta-Carotene Against Psoralen Phototoxicity: Relevance to Protection Against Carcinogenesis. In: Shankel, D.M., Hartman, P.E., Kada, T., Hollaender, A., Wilson, C.M., Kuny, G. (eds) Antimutagenesis and Anticarcinogenesis Mechanisms. Basic Life Sciences, vol 39. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5182-5_41

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