Prostate Cancer Prevention Study Stopped

The National Cancer Institute is stopping a study called the SELECT trial. The study was looking at whether vitamin E or selenium supplements would help to prevent prostate cancer. The study started in 2001. A review done this month showed that men taking vitamin E pills, selenium pills, or both were not less likely to get prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in men. About 186,000 men are diagnosed each year in the United States.