The rest of the Avastin story and The Myth of Vitamin E

Avastin .. as noted here yesterday- got the thumbs down from an FDA advisory panel . .and usually the full FDA follows that lead.

The panel said, bottom line, whatever little good came of Avastin for treating metastatic breast cancer was outweighed by the toxicities associated with it .. and there was no apparent increase in overall survival.

btw - avastin is approved for treating colon and lung cancer.

Onto Vitamin E ..

seems articles still touting the benefits of vitamin E ( cardiovascular benefits) are quoting old and out of date findings .. findings that have in fact been disproved. That's the take home from research done at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
A major study called the HOPE study done in 2000 refuted earlier claims of any benefit.
the new report says " This trend wastes time, effort, and money and can "also perpetuate a literature of false impressions that can affect future scientific efforts by providing a misleading starting base," said Dr. Ioannidis and colleagues. They did not cite the offending journals by name. '