Thursday October 30, 2008, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) — A study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute found that supplementation of vitamin E and selenium may do more harm than good in men with regard to the risk of prostate cancer.
The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) showed that taking vitamin E or selenium supplements or combination of the two did not seem to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer in men age 50.
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January 6th, 2009 | Posted in News, Prostate Cancer | Tags: cancer, cant, Prevent, Prostate, Selenium, Vitamin, What
The National Cancer Institute has announced its decision to suspend a study on the benefits of vitamin E and selenium supplements treatments on prostate cancer prevention. The study, called SELECT (Selenium and vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial), involved more than 35,000 men and was conducted at 400 sites around the United States.
Researchers found a higher risk for aggressive prostate cancer in participants taking only vitamin E and a small increased risk of developing diabetes in subjects taking only selenium. The researchers cautioned that those effects may have been due to chance and they were not statistically significant.
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January 4th, 2009 | Posted in Lung Cancer, News, Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer | Tags: cancer, Prostate, Reduce, risk, Selenium, Vitamin