Vitamin E Studies
A trial conducted by the National Cancer Institute in 2001 attempted to establish whether an antioxidant vitamin E supplement could effectively cure or help prevent prostate cancer from developing. This trial was meant to last for 12 years and involved 35,000 men. However, the men were told to stop taking the vitamin E supplements only three years into the trial. This is because not only has the supplement not slowed down or prevented the development of prostate cancer, but actually resulted in more men getting the disease!
The New Study Involving Mice
After Professor Lloyd Trotman saw the of the vitamin E study, he started to wonder if a pro-oxidant would work, seeing that an anti-oxidant had failed. His new study involving mice revealed that his hunch was indeed correct. When mice afflicted with prostate cancer received menadione, it disrupted the cancer’s survival processes. The researchers found that menadione destroyed prostate cancer cells by eliminating a lipid called PI(3)P.
