Vitamin E Combined With Radiation Increases Risk Of Second Cancer – Study
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Vitamin E supplementation significantly increased the risk of second primary cancer in patients undergoing radiation treatment for head or neck cancer, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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