Study: Vitamins C, E Don’t Prevent Cancer

Taking vitamin C and E pills won’t prevent cancer, a large study has found. The study included almost 15,000 male doctors. All were over age 50. They were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Two groups took real pills, either vitamin C or vitamin E. The other two groups took fake pills. The study lasted 10 years. In that time, slightly fewer people who took the real pills developed prostate cancer. But the difference was so small it could have been caused by chance. HealthDay News wrote about the study November 16. Results were presented the same day at a cancer conference.