Selenium status influence cancer risk

(Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin) As a nutritional trace element, selenium forms an essential part of our diet. In collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer, researchers from Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin have been able to show that high blood selenium levels are associated with a decreased risk of developing liver cancer. Results from this study have been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.*
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