Vitamin D For Cancer Patients

The following article was written by John Otrompke:

 

 

CHICAGO---Vitamin D supplementation improved the symptoms of fatigue among a cohort of 69 cancer patients, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

"The nuclei of most cells have receptors for vitamin D, which can regulate the expression of more than 200 genes responsible for cell proliferation and apoptosis," (cell death) said Dragan Trivanovic, MD, head of the oncology and hematology department at Pula General Hospital, Croatia. More than 70% of cancer patients experience a problem with fatigue, he noted.

"It seems that vitamin D is highly important in health and cancer," added Dr. Trivanovic. "More than 50% of healthy adults are vitamin D deficient, and this problem is more advanced in oncology, and especially in breast cancer patients. We also know that higher levels of serum vitamin D at the time of diagnosis are positive prognostic factor in terms of survival rates," he added.

It does help to take a high quality, whole food Vitamin D, though, in my opinion.

Dr. Esther
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