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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2001

The National Cancer Institute on Tuesday announced a 12-year, multi-country effort of 32,000 healthy men aimed at preventing prostate cancer.

The study will focus on whether vitamin E and selenium ward help prevent the disease, which is the second deadliest form of cancer for men in the United States. Canadian men will also be involved in the study.

The study will focus on men 55 and older. Interested men can visit the institute's SELECT web site at http://www.crab.org/select.

The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health.

Get the Story:
U.S. Prostate Cancer Study Stresses Prevention (Reuters 7/25)
Largest-Ever Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Opens: 32,000 Men Sought to Test Vitamin E and Selenium (NIH 7/24)

Relevant Links:
National Cancer Institute - http://www.nci.nih.gov