VitaminStudyDosageOutcome
Vitamin E
Primary preventionATBC24 50 mg per day
Secondary preventionATBC subset25 50 mg per day+ (alone)
− (with β-carotene)
CHAOS26 400 or 800 IU per day+
CLAS22 *>100 IU per day+ (dose dependent)
Vitamin C
Primary preventionChinese Cancer Prevention Trial23 125 mg per day0
Secondary preventionCLAS22 0
β-Carotene
Primary preventionATBC24 20 mg per day
Chinese Cancer Prevention Trial23 15 mg per day+ (combined with vitamin E and selenium)
CARET27
Physicians' Health Study28 0
Secondary preventionATBC subset25 20 mg per day− (alone and combined with vitamin E)