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Article: TOMATO: WEAPON AGAINST CANCER; STUDY SAYS PASTA SAUCE, KETCHUP OR RAW CUTS RISK.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 17, 1999
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Byline: Paul Recer Associated Press
Spaghetti sauce and ketchup can be good for you, says a study confirming a long-suspected view - that eating lots of fresh and processed tomatoes can lower the risk of some kinds of cancer.
The summary study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found there is now enough data to show convincingly ``that high consumers of tomatoes and tomato products are at substantially decreased risk of numerous cancers, although probably not all cancers.''
The study, to be published today, analyzed 72 past studies that had examined the link between various cancers and the consumption of tomatoes and tomato-based ...