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A 32-year-old female asked about a female:

Dietitian specializing in cancer said vitamin a betacarotene in carrot juice is very harmful to patients with lung cancer - should it be avoided?

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Dr. Richard Zimonanswered

Internal Medicine 61 years experience

Nonsense: It may interfere with some anti-neoplastic agents but is not directly harmful!

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