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| Title |
Does Vitamin E Prevent or Promote Cancer?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cancer Prevention Research, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-12-0045 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chung S. Yang, Nanjoo Suh, Ah-Ng Tony Kong |
| Abstract |
The cancer preventive activity of vitamin E has been suggested by many epidemiologic studies. However, several recent large-scale human trials with α-tocopherol, the most commonly recognized and used form of vitamin E, failed to show a cancer preventive effect. The recently finished follow-up of the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) even showed higher prostate cancer incidence in subjects who took α-tocopherol supplementation. The scientific community and the general public are faced with a question: "Does vitamin E prevent or promote cancer?" Our recent results in animal models have shown the cancer preventive activity of γ- and δ-tocopherols as well as a naturally occurring mixture of tocopherols, and the lack of cancer preventive activity by α-tocopherol. On the basis of these results as well as information from the literature, we suggest that vitamin E, as ingested in the diet or in supplements that are rich in γ- and δ-tocopherols, is cancer preventive; whereas supplementation with high doses of α-tocopherol is not. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 29% |
| Canada | 2 | 8% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 10 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 71% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 21% |
| Scientists | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 118 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 113 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 17% |
| Researcher | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 26 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 32 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 February 2024.
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#648,282
of 25,610,986 outputs
Outputs from Cancer Prevention Research
#76
of 1,456 outputs
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#3,015
of 176,304 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cancer Prevention Research
#2
of 30 outputs
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