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boric acidFinding

Boric acid has no detected effect on prostate cancer incidence

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Dietary boron intake and total boron intake from diet plus multivitamins were not associated with prostate cancer risk.”

Quoted verbatim from Boron intake and prostate cancer risk.

This finding among the 28 findings on its endpoint

boric acid

Prostate cancer incidence

no difference found

Who: Men in the VITAL cohort who completed the baseline supplement and food frequency questionnaire
Dose studied: not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 17851770 · 2007

02 · The study

Study: cohort
Duration: not reported

Evidence, by strength

strong
moderate
limited
very limitedthis finding
insufficient

03 · The paper

Cancer causes & control

Boron intake and prostate cancer risk.

2007PMID 17851770doi 10.1007/s10552-007-9052-2

What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WNZNKT6M4RQY8NB2SQ2T2P