Implications of fructose in liver tumours of the Egyptian toad

ABSTRACT

Environmental factors play an important role in the etiology of several types of cancer; this discovery has led to a great deal of interest in the role of diet in cancer etiology. It is well known that some factories which produce jams and juices use fructose rather than glucose or sucrose to sweeten their products. This study demonstrates that fructose insignificantly enhances the incidence of liver tumours in Egyptian toads previously injected with 7,12-dimethylbenz [a]-anthracene