Vitamin D Studies Show Promise for Reducing Cancers August 12, 2006
Posted by Mikiko Murakami in * Nutrition, Cancer.add a comment
By Dr. Alex Tran (ND)
Certain amounts of vitamin D may be able to prevent up to half of breast cancer cases and two-thirds of colorectal cancer cases in the United States, according to two studies by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues at other centers.In one study, the researchers reviewed two previous studies of 1,760 women and found that those with the highest blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or 25(OH)D, had the lowest risk of breast cancer. (more…)
