Prostate News Archive
10-Dec-2008
Supplementation with vitamin E or selenium does not reduce risk of prostate cancer (EurekAlert!)
( JAMA and Archives Journals ) In perhaps the largest cancer chemoprevention trial ever conducted, researchers have found that supplementation with vitamin E or selenium, alone or in combination, was not associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer or other cancers. This study, along with another cancer prevention study, will be published in the Jan. 7 issue of JAMA, and both reports are ... Two supplements fail in prostate study (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
Despite some earlier evidence to the contrary, vitamin E and selenium didn't prevent prostate cancer in a government-funded study of more than 35,000 healthy men that included more than 400 in San Antonio. Selenium, Vitamins E and C Won't Prevent Prostate Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Selenium, vitamin E and vitamin C won't prevent men from getting prostate cancer. Antioxidants fail to prevent prostate cancer (Science News)
Selenium, vitamins C, E don?t lower incidence of prostate cancer in two large trials Neither vitamin C or E associated with reduced risk of prostate cancer, or other cancers (EurekAlert!)
( JAMA and Archives Journals ) In a major cancer prevention study, long-term supplementation with vitamin E or C did not reduce the risk of prostate or other cancers for nearly 15,000 male physicians. This study, along with another cancer prevention study, will be published in the Jan. 7 issue of JAMA, and both reports are being released early online because of public health implications.
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