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To the Editor: In their analysis of the effect of vitamin E supplementation on the risk of breast cancer, Hunter et al. (July 22 issue)¹ appear not to have taken into account the cardioprotective effect of vitamin E supplementation found by Stampfer et al. (May 20 issue)² in the same cohort. Vitamin E supplements resulted in a 52 percent decrease in major coronary disease and a 15 percent decrease in overall mortality². Without information on the age distribution of the cohort, it is not possible to do a complete life-table analysis; however, in the simplest terms, if 15 percent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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