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Warning over link between vitamin A and gullet cancer

EXPOSURE to vitamin A might increase the risk of one of the deadliest forms of cancer, scientists said yesterday.

EXPOSURE to vitamin A might increase the risk of one of the deadliest forms of cancer, scientists said yesterday.

Laboratory tests conducted by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have shown a link between the nutrient and a particular type of gullet, or oesophageal, cancer.