The high number of new cancer incidences and the associated mortality continue to be
alarming, leading to the search for new therapies that would be more effective and less …

Various preclinical, clinical and epidemiological studies have already well established the
cancer chemopreventive and chemoprotective potential of selenium compounds. In addition …

During recent decades, the connection between selenium and cancer has been studied
widely and from many different aspects, ranging from the use as a trace element to a cancer …

Organoselenium shows incredible promise in medicine, particularly cancer therapy. This
book discusses organoselenium chemistry and biology in the context of its therapeutic …

The trace element selenium and selenocysteine-carrying selenoproteins play a pivotal role
in the brain. Beside the essential function during development and maintenance of brain …

Selenium is traditionally considered as an antioxidant element and selenium compounds
are often discussed in the context of chemoprevention and therapy. Recent studies …

This article highlights some recent advances in selenium cancer chemoprevention research.
It has been well documented that the chemical transformation of selenium to a …

Although the average daily dietary selenium (Se) intake in the United States is consistently
above the adult RDA of 55μg Se/day, supranutritional supplements of 200μg Se/day have …

Epidemiological and clinical studies have demonstrated that dietary supplementation of
selenium (Se) could reduce the incidence of human cancers. In this study, selenocystine, a …

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient that functions as “redox gatekeeper” and
homeostasis factor of normal and cancer cells. Epidemiology and experimental studies, in …