Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Results of the systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 studies shows that vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency occurrence was estimated to be 34.1% and 39.4%, respectively, in subjects with multiple myeloma. Multiple...
Vitamin D Supplementation Associated with Less Melanoma
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. The study found an association between regular vitamin D supplement takers and lower percentages of past or present melanoma compared to non-supplementers (32/117, 18.1% vs. 32/99, 32.3%, p=0.021). The most lethal form of skin cancer,...
Serum Vitamin D Level Affected by Tumor Size in Stage II Melanoma Patients
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Participants with Breslow thickness <3mm doubled in 25O HD serum levels after 3 years. Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) is made in the skin when ultraviolet light (UV-B) activates pre-vitamin D cholesterol derivatives. The...
Low Levels of Vitamin D may Raise Breast Cancer Risk – Informed Opinion
Written by Dr. Massey, MD, PhD. A medical study revealed that blood levels of vitamin D greater than 38 ng/ml significantly reduced the risk of breast cancer, especially in postmenopausal women. One recent medical discovery is that low vitamin D levels are a risk...
Higher versus Lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels Markedly Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Pooled analysis of three studies show that the relationship between 25(OH)D serum levels and breast cancer risk are inversely related. Numerous studies have shown an association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status and risk of...
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Regression With Vitamin D
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Six months of supplementation with fifty-thousand international units of Vitamin D resulted in significant regression of CIN-1 precancerous cells in the participating twenty-nine women compared to the control. Cervical cancer is the...
Vitamin D Blood Levels Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk in Women
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. A new study revealed that serum vitamin D levels higher than 40 nanograms /milliliter significantly reduced the overall cancer risk by 67% compared to vitamin D levels less than 20 ng/ml. In the United States, more than 1.68 million...
Study Confirms Vitamin D’s Benefit to Breast Cell Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Research demonstrates an association of lower vitamin D blood levels with increased risk of breast cancer. The National Cancer Institute estimates there were 229,060 new cases of breast cancer and 39,920 new deaths from breast cancer...
Vitamin D, Calcium and the Vitamin D Receptor in Colon Cancer Prevention
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. Those with the highest levels of calcium and vitamin D each had a 36% reduced risk of colon cancer. In recent years, nutritional research of vitamin D has reached beyond bone health to include potential benefits to the treatment of...
Study Finds Calcium and Vitamin D Blood Levels Linked to Ovarian Cancer
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Those with the highest blood levels of vitamin D had a 68% decreased risk of ovarian cancer while those with the highest blood levels of calcium had a 59% decreased risk. Ovarian cancer accounts for approximately 4 percent of all...
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