Background This review is the third update of the Cochrane review" Selenium for preventing
cancer". Selenium is a naturally occurring element with both nutritional and toxicological …

Food systems need to produce enough of the essential trace element Se to provide regular
adult intakes of at least 40 μg/d to support the maximal expression of the Se enzymes, and …

Objective.—To determine whether a nutritional supplement of selenium will decrease the
incidence of cancer. Design.—A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled …

The element selenium (Se) was recognized only 40 years ago as being essential in the
nutrition of animals and humans. It is recognized as being an essential component of a …

Vitamins E plus C and interacting conutrients required for optimal health Page 1 BioFactors 7
(1998) 113–174 113 IOS Press Vitamins E plus C and interacting conutrients required for …

In this paper the association between smoking history, beverage consumption, diet and
bladder cancer incidence is systematically reviewed. A rating system has been used to …

Epidemiologic evidence on the relationship between nutrition and lung cancer is reviewed.
Observational studies of diet and lung cancer, both prospective and retrospective, continue …

Abstract Background: From March 1986 through May 1991, we conducted a randomized
nutritional intervention trial, the General Population Trial, in Linxian, China, a region with …

The role of dietary factors in the prevention of major chronic diseases, cancer in particular, is
under intensive investigation by many laboratories around the world. Evidence from …

This is the threshold of an era when many of the most prevalent human cancers can, to a
significant extent, be prevented through life-style changes or medical interventions. For lung …