Vitamin E May Curb Cancer Risk

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Getting plenty of vitamin E by eating such foods as nuts and olive oil

appears to cut in half people's risk of bladder cancer, the fourth leading

cancer killer among men, a study says.

The research, released at a cancer conference Sunday, is the latest blip in

the ups and downs of perceptions about this nutrient's powers to ward

off disease. Experts once had high hopes for vitamin E as a safeguard

against heart attacks, but repeated studies failed to show any protective

effect.

Whether vitamin E does anything to stop cancer is far from proven, but

some think the vitamin may be helpful, perhaps by warding off the

damaging effects of oxygen. The study was based on questionnaires

about the eating habits of about 1,000 Houston residents. Those whose

vitamin E intake was in the top 25 percent had half as much bladder

cancer as those in the lowest quarter.

Bladder cancer kills about 12,500 Americans annually and is four times

more common in men than women.