Taking supplements of one type of vitamin E may cut risk
of developing lung cancer significantly, U.S. researchers suggest.
The researchers from the University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center found increased intake of alpha-tocopherol, a type of
vitamin E, may decrease the risk of lung cancer by over 50 per cent.
The study involved in 1,088 patients with lung cancer age
at about 62 and 1,414 healthy controls.
Subjects were surveyed for their intake of vitamin E.
Exactly, the researchers found the highest intake of
alpha-tocophernol (more than 7.7 mg per day) was associated with a 53 percent reduction
in lung cancer risk compared to those with lowest intake of less than 4.1 mg
per day.
Other forms of tocopherol did not seem to have the same
protective effect against lung cancer.
The study was conducted by S. Mahabir and colleague and
published in the International Journal of Cancer.
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