COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING HUMAN CANCER AND METHOD OF PREVENTING HUMAN CANCER

摘要

Compositions containing vitamin E compounds in addition to carotenoid compounds. It is favorable to take these compounds in such a manner as to ha ve 1 to 100 mg/day of the carotenoid compound(s) and 10 to 200 mg/day of the vitamin E compound(s). In case of administering capsules each containing 10 mg of natural lycopene, 6 mg of natural .beta.-carotene, 3 mg of natural .alpha .- carotene, and 1 mg of other natural carotenoids and .alpha.-tocopherol to patients with cirrhosis for 5 years, the test group showed an incidence of liver cancer 1/3 times as high as the control group. Namely, it has been proved for the first time that these compositions are significantly efficacious in preventing liver cancer in humans.