Selenium, Vitamin E Do Not Prevent Prostate Cancer, Study Concludes
Monday, December 22, 2008 - 23:42
in Health & Medicine
Findings from one of the largest cancer chemoprevention trials ever conducted have concluded that selenium and vitamin E taken alone or in combination for an average of five and a half years did not prevent prostate cancer, according to a team of researchers coordinated by the Southwest Oncology Group and led by scientists at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic.