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Review
. 2005 Jul;63(7):247-51.
doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00380.x.

Vitamin E and prostate cancer: is vitamin E succinate a superior chemopreventive agent?

Arpita Basu  1 , Victorine Imrhan
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Review

Vitamin E and prostate cancer: is vitamin E succinate a superior chemopreventive agent?

Arpita Basu et al. Nutr Rev. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

There is convincing evidence that vitamin E succinate significantly reduces human prostate cancer growth in experimental models compared with alpha-tocopherol or tocopheryl acetate. Its intact delivery to cancer cells is questionable when administered orally; however, a study in transgenic mice showed a synergistic inhibitory effect of dietary vitamin E succinate, selenium, and lycopene on prostate cancer incidence. Clinical trials have yet to confirm this effect.

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