Taufiq Ahmad Mufti, Abdul Basir.
Vitamin `A` in cancer.
J Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;15(2):179-82.

Fifty biopsy proven cancer cases were studied after excluding liver and kidney disorders for changes in lipid metabolism with special reference to fasting retinol and B-carotene. Significant changes in serum B-carotene and vitamin A were observed between controls and different groups of male and female cases, in adenocarcinoma changes were quite marked. Serum retinol was 25.37 ug/dl and b-carotene was 37.96 ug/dl as compared with control 39.9 ug/dl and 54.3 ug/dl respectively.

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