Despite hopes to the contrary, a new study demonstrates that neither Vitamin E, selenium, nor soy can prevent or even slow the development of prostate cancer. Unlike an earlier study, which reached the same conclusion but studied men who were at no increased risk of prostate cancer, this Canadian study focused on over 300 men who already had evidence of pre-cancerous cells. Regardless, the results were the same: “To our chagrin, there was no benefit,” said Dr. Neil Fleshner, one of the researchers and head of the urology department at the University of Health Network in Toronto.
ACSH'S Dr. Gilbert Ross agrees with Fleshner that, “Clearly, such supplements have no beneficial effect with regard to prostate cancer, and it is time to move research in another direction.”
