Dietary Selenium and Prostate Cancer Prevention: A Brief Review

Surasi VADHANAVIKIT

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Surasi VADHANAVIKIT School of Allied Health Sciences and Public Health, Walailak University, Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161

Keywords:

Selenium, Prostate cancer, Prevention

Abstract

Evidence suggests that the trace nutrient selenium may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. There is, however, a need to prove that intake of high but not toxic levels of selenium can prevent the disease in the general population, and to conduct further relevant study.

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