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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume 306, Issue 14, Pages 1549-1556Publisher
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1437
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- National Cancer Institute
- Pfizer
- Abbott
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Janssen
- Amgen
- Novartis
- Firmagon
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services [CA37429]
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
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Context The initial report of the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) found no reduction in risk of prostate cancer with either selenium or vitamin E supplements but a statistically nonsignificant increase in prostate cancer risk with vitamin E. Longer follow-up and more prostate cancer events provide further insight into the relationship of vitamin E and prostate cancer. Objective To determine the long-term effect of vitamin E and selenium on risk of prostate cancer in relatively healthy men. Design, Setting, and Participants A total of 35 533 men from 427 study sites in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico were randomized between August 22, 2001, and June 24, 2004. Eligibility criteria included a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of 4.0 ng/mL or less, a digital rectal examination not suspicious for prostate cancer, and age 50 years or older for black men and 55 years or older for all others. The primary analysis included 34 887 men who were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups: 8752 to receive selenium; 8737, vitamin E; 8702, both agents, and 8696, placebo. Analysis reflect the final data collected by the study sites on their participants through July 5, 2011. Interventions Oral selenium (200 mu g/d from L-selenomethionine) with matched vitamin E placebo, vitamin E (400 IU/d of all rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate) with matched selenium placebo, both agents, or both matched placebos for a planned follow-up of a minimum of 7 and maximum of 12 years. Main Outcome Measures Prostate cancer incidence. Results This report includes 54 464 additional person-years of follow-up and 521 additional cases of prostate cancer since the primary report. Compared with the placebo (referent group) in which 529 men developed prostate cancer, 620 men in the vitamin E group developed prostate cancer (hazard ratio [HR], 1.17; 99% CI, 1.004-1.36, P=.008); as did 575 in the selenium group (HR, 1.09; 99% CI, 0.93-1.27; P=.18), and 555 in the selenium plus vitamin E group (HR, 1.05; 99% CI, 0.89-1.22, P=.46). Compared with placebo, the absolute increase in risk of prostate cancer per 1000 person-years was 1.6 for vitamin E, 0.8 for selenium, and 0.4 for the combination. Conclusion Dietary supplementation with vitamin E significantly increased the risk of prostate cancer among healthy men.
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