Selenium and Reduced Rectal Cancer Incidence

• Low level of selenium predicts high incidence of colorectal cancer.

  • 2026-04-07
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 16
  • BMC public health 26(1)
  • • Jiacheng Ying
    • Hongsheng Fang
    • Cheng Zhang
    • Tianlong Ling
    • Jiayin Tang

  • PubMed: 41947091
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26379-4

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Rectal Cancer Incidence

  • High evidence

  not rectal cancer

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No