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Can selenium avert prostate cancer?

Low selenium levels, as measured by traces of the mineral in toenail clippings, are linked with an increased incidence of advanced prostate cancer.

 

References:

Yoshizawa, K., W.C. Willett, et al. 1998. Study of prediagnostic selenium level in toenails and the risk of advanced prostate cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 90(Aug. 19):1219.

 

Further Readings:

Combs, G.F. Jr., and L.C. Clark. 1985. Can dietary selenium modify cancer risk? Nutrition Reviews 43:325.

Raloff, J. 1997. Radical prostates. Science News 151(Feb. 22):126.

Sternberg, S. 1997. Can selenium ward off deadly cancers? Science News 151(Jan. 4):6.

Taylor, P.R., and D. Albanes. 1998. Selenium, vitamin E, and prostate cancer — ready for the prime time? Journal of the National Cancer Institute 90(Aug. 19):1184.

 

Sources:

Walter C. Willett
Harvard University School of Public Health
Department of Nutrition
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 12, September 19, 1998, p. 188.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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