Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Questions and Answers
A fact sheet that describes a clinical trial designed to determine if selenium and/or vitamin E can prevent prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT): Questions and Answers
(Posted: 06/24/2003) - In the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), 25 percent fewer men taking the drug finasteride developed prostate cancer than men not taking the drug. However, men who developed prostate cancer while taking finasteride were more likely to have high-grade cancers, which can spread quickly even if the tumors are small.
