Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1994 Jul 1;140(1):20-6.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117155.

Toenail selenium levels and the risk of breast cancer

P A van den Brandt  1 , R A Goldbohm, P van't Veer, P Bode, E Dorant, R J Hermus, F Sturmans
Affiliations

Toenail selenium levels and the risk of breast cancer

P A van den Brandt et al. Am J Epidemiol. .

Abstract

The association between toenail selenium and breast cancer was studied in a prospective study on diet and cancer among 62,573 Dutch women aged 55-69 years that started in September 1986. The analysis was based on 355 breast cancer cases, detected during 3.3 years of follow-up (1986-1989), for whom selenium data were available. Selenium levels were significantly lower among cases diagnosed early during follow-up. After exclusion of cases that occurred in the first year of follow-up, multivariable-adjusted rate ratios of breast cancer in increasing quintiles of selenium were 1.00, 0.90, 0.76, 0.86, and 0.91 (trend p = 0.618). The authors found no evidence for an inverse association between selenium status and breast cancer.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

Publication types

-