Vitamins E and C and selenium 'do not protect against cancer'
Two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association have found that people who supplement their diet with vitamins E and C or the mineral selenium do not have a lower risk of cancer.
The Physicians Health Study II concluded that neither vitamin E nor vitamin C supplements reduced the risk of prostate cancer or the overall risk of cancer in middle-aged or older men, while the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) found that selenium and vitamin E did not prevent prostate cancer.
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10. 12. 2008 Cancer Research UK
