Selenium and vitamin E impotent against prostate cancer
Contrary to the popular perception, Selenium and vitamin E supplements do not thwart prostate cancerdefinedefine. In fact there are indications that they may prove to be unsafe for the human body.
According to media reports, a seven-year research on the effects of Vitamin E and selenium supplements on prostate cancerdefinedefine has been halted. This study was being conducted by U.S. National Cancer Institute and involved more than 35,000 subjects and 400 sites across the United States. The estimated cost of the study was 114 million dollars.
Dr. Eric Klein of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, who worked on the study said, “As we continue to monitor the health of these 35,000 men, this information may help us understand why two nutrients that showed strong initial evidence to be able to prevent prostate cancer did not do so.”
Prostate cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cells of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread from the prostate to other parts of the body, especially the bones and lymph nodesdefine. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating and erectile dysfunction.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. It is estimated that 186,000 cases will be detected this year, and the dreaded disease will claim close to twenty eight thousand lives.
As the news broke, the study partakers were asked to stop taking the two pills they’d been taking every day since the trial opened in 2001. National Institutes of Health stated, “The data also showed two concerning, but not statistically significant, trends: there were slightly more cases of prostate cancer in men taking only vitamin E and slightly more cases of diabetes in men taking only selenium.”
This is probably the end of the research named SELECT (SELenium and vitamin ECancer prevention Trial).
Source: http://www.themedguru.com
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