The wide media coverage given recently to a study correlating higher selenium levels with a
reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer is but the latest addition to a growing body of …

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace mineral required in maintaining health in humans.
Recent research has demonstrated that Se shows promise as an agent that can reduce the …

Selenium-containing agents are more and more considered as an innovative potential
treatment option for cancer. Light is shed not only on the considerable advancements made …

Previous research suggested that the β-lyase-mediated production of a monomethylated
selenium metabolite from Se-methylselenocysteine is a key step in cancer chemoprevention …

e13583 Background: Preclinical work has demonstrated that Se compounds potentiate
anticancer effects of CT and RT while reducing normal tissue toxicities. The molecular basis …

Abstract< b> Background</b> Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient that may exert
cancer-selective cytotoxicity at supranutritional exposures. It has been proposed Se exerts …

Converging data from epidemiological, ecological, and clinical studies have shown that
selenium (Se) can decrease the risk for some types of human cancers. Induction of …

Since its discovery 200 years ago, in 1817, by Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), the
element selenium has had a rather chequered relationship with biology and medicine, an …