Tuesday Feb 23, 2016 (foodconsumer.org) -- A meta-analysis of data from 69 previous studies suggests high concentrations of selenium in the blood may help reduce risk of cancers including breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer and prostate cancer by as much as 22%. However, there was no association of serum selenium and risks of colorectal cancer, bladder cancer, and skin cancer. The study did not find any association between supplemental selenium and risk of cancer.Xianlei Cai, Chen Wang, Wanqi Yu, Wenjie Fan, Shan Wang, Ning Shen, Pengcheng Wu, Xiuyang Li & Fudi Wang, Selenium Exposure and Cancer Risk: an Updated Meta-analysis and Meta-regression, Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 19213 (2016) published on Nature.com
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Dietary selenium may lower cancer risk
Pooling 69 studies, researchers report that high blood selenium was associated with up to 22 percent lower risk of breast, lung, esophageal, gastric and prostate cancer, but not colorectal, bladder or skin cancer. Supplemental selenium showed no association with cancer risk.
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