Cancer patients have low vitamin D (Pediatric in this case) - Dec 2024

Do cancer patients have low levels of vitamin D? asked Perplexity AI Jan 2025

Cancer patients commonly have vitamin D deficiency, with multiple studies showing significantly high prevalence rates:
Prevalence Rates

  • 87.3% of cancer patients have vitamin D deficiency (levels below 20 ng/mL)  1
  • 88% of palliative care cancer patients show low vitamin D levels  2
  • 72% of general cancer patients are vitamin D deficient  11
  • 75.6% of breast cancer survivors have insufficient vitamin D levels  12

Key Findings
Stage-Specific Impact
Stage 4 cancer patients show particularly severe deficiency, with 93.2% having vitamin D levels below 20 ng/mL and 73% below 10 ng/mL  [|PDF] Comparison of Vitamin D Levels Between Healthy Individuals and ..."  1
Cancer-Specific Patterns

  • Breast cancer patients show deficiency rates between 62-87%, with triple-negative breast cancer patients having particularly high rates  12
  • Melanoma patients who avoid sun exposure are three times more likely to be vitamin D deficient than healthy individuals  5

Contributing Factors
Several factors contribute to vitamin D deficiency in cancer patients:

  • Reduced sun exposure due to illness and treatment
  • Chemotherapy-induced photosensitivity
  • Poor appetite and reduced dietary intake
  • Potential absorption issues  10

Clinical Significance
Low vitamin D levels in cancer patients are associated with:

  • Poorer survival rates
  • Increased tumor progression
  • Higher risk of metastasis
  • Reduced quality of life  13

This widespread deficiency suggests that monitoring and potentially supplementing vitamin D levels may be an important aspect of cancer care  7

Are Pediatric Cancer Patients a Risk Group for Vitamin D Deficiency? A Systematic Review - Dec 2024

Cancers 2024, 16(24), 4201; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16244201
by Alexandru Alexandru 1ORCID,Cristiana-Smaranda Ivan 1ORCID,Sonia Tanasescu 2,*,Licina Andrada Oprisoni 2,Tiberiu-Liviu Dragomir 3,Norberth-Istvan Varga 4ORCID,Diana Mateescu 4ORCID,Mircea Diaconu 5,Madalin-Marius Margan 6ORCID andEstera Boeriu 2

Simple Summary
Vitamin D plays a vital role in supporting healthy growth and development. Deficiency in this nutrient has been associated with various health problems, including an increased susceptibility to infections and other complications, particularly in vulnerable populations. Pediatric cancer patients are at a greater risk of vitamin D deficiency due to combined effects of illness, treatments, days of hospitalization, and ongoing developmental needs. This study reviewed the medical literature to understand how common vitamin D deficiency is in this type of patient and its potential impact on treatment outcomes, trying to conclude whether they are a risk group for vitamin D impairment. These findings highlight the importance of checking vitamin D levels at diagnosis and throughout treatment, alongside providing supplements when needed, to support better treatment responses and overall health in pediatric oncology patients.

Abstract
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is increasingly recognized as a global health concern, with potential implications for cancer development and progression. This systematic review investigated the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pediatric cancer patients and its potential impact on clinical outcomes.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted across multiple databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library, to identify the relevant studies published between 2009 and July 2024. Studies were included if they assessed vitamin D status in pediatric cancer patients and reported on the clinical outcomes. Data extraction and quality assessment were performed independently by two reviewers.

Results: The review included 20 original articles encompassing a diverse pediatric population with various cancer types. A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was observed across the studies. Deficiency was associated with older age and lower socioeconomic status. Several studies reported associations between vitamin D deficiency and the increased risk of infection, poorer treatment response, and decreased survival.

Conclusions: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in pediatric cancer patients and may negatively impact clinical outcomes. Routine screening for vitamin D deficiency and personalized supplementation strategies should be considered in this population. Further research is needed to establish optimal vitamin D management protocols and evaluate the long-term benefits of vitamin D repletion in pediatric oncology.
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50,000 IU vitamin D weekly to avoid Osteroporosis after Breast Cancer - May 2020 26 Nov, 2020
Lung Cancer death 40 percent less likely if high level of Vitamin D – meta-analysis Nov 2020 24 Nov, 2020
Head and Neck Cancers still associated with low Vitamin D – Nov 2020 20 Nov, 2020
Deaths from many types of Cancer associated with low vitamin D- review of meta-analyses Sept 2020 09 Nov, 2020
Increased Colorectal cancer risk if Vitamin D does not lower PTH (Vit D not getting to cells) – Nov 2020 06 Nov, 2020
Vitamin D fights 13 cancers – review of 35 meta-analyses – Oct 2020 06 Oct, 2020
Breast Cancer again associated with low vitamin D – 15th meta-analysis Sept 2020 02 Oct, 2020
Colorectal cancer treated by Vitamin D – 19th meta-analysis – Sept 2020 17 Sep, 2020
Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer Book (3rd edition) - Sept 2020 14 Sep, 2020
Lung Cancer 3X more likely if low Vitamin D – July 2020 15 Aug, 2020
3X less risk of Liver cancer if more than 30 ng of vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2020 28 Jul, 2020
Bladder Cancer deaths – 2.9X more likely if low Vitamin D, no death if more than 30 ng – July 2020 17 Jul, 2020
Small doses of vitamin D do not reduce the risk of Breast Cancer – meta-analysis May 2020 15 May, 2020
Breast cancer chemo made more women vitamin D insufficient, even 6 months later– 2019 12 May, 2020
Colorectal Cancer death 2.1X more likely if poor Vitamin D plus poor Vitamin D Binding protein – May 2020 12 May, 2020
Colorectal Cancer Patients 2.4 X more likely to have poor Vitamin D receptors (less D to cells) – April 2020 02 May, 2020
Liver Cancer 8 percent less likely for every 4 ng higher level of vitamin D – Meta-analysis April 2020 02 Apr, 2020
2 X better survival of digestive cancer if 2,000 IU of Vitamin D plus good VDBP gene – RCT Feb 2020 04 Feb, 2020
Colorectal cancer linked to poor Vitamin D Receptor (yet again) – Jan 2020 22 Jan, 2020
Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancers are still strongly associated with low Vitamin D – Grant Jan 2020 01 Jan, 2020
8 ways that Cancer might be prevented by Vitamin D - June 2019 26 Dec, 2019
The use of Vitamin D to prevent prostate cancer doubled in a decade – May 2019 23 Dec, 2019
Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk: 1.3 X if eat specific plants, 1.7X if add Vitamin D 23 Dec, 2019
Pancreatic cancer prevention and treatment by alternates – Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Curcumin, etc – July 2018 14 Dec, 2019
Liver Cancer – higher risk if poor genes (Vitamin D receptor etc) – meta-analysis Dec 2019 14 Dec, 2019
Colon cancer both prevented and treated by Vitamin D – meta-analysis Dec 2019 04 Dec, 2019
Colon cancer increased in mice fed a western diet (low vitamin D, low fiber, etc) – Nov 2019 30 Nov, 2019
Prostate Cancer associated with various genes, including Vitamin D Receptor and CYP24A1 – Nov 2019 15 Nov, 2019
Risk of Cancer increased if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis of 73 studies Jan 2016 09 Nov, 2019
Cancer is leading cause of death - Vitamin D and Receptor activators help 09 Nov, 2019
Vitamin D both prevents and treats Breast Cancer – 2019 08 Nov, 2019
Melanoma cancer growth slowed by increased Vitamin D Receptor (yet again) – Oct 2019 06 Nov, 2019
Kidney Cancer 4X more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein (5X in previous study) – Oct 2019 30 Oct, 2019
Digestive track Cancer (poorly differentiated) death 4X less likely if 2,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Oct 2019 29 Oct, 2019
Childhood Cancer survivors – only 1 in 25 had consumed Vitamin D RDA – Oct 2019 22 Oct, 2019
Breast cancer associated with Vitamin D Receptor (14th study) – Oct 2019 19 Oct, 2019
Lung Cancer (NSLC) more lethal if poor Vitamin D gene ( CYP2R1) – Oct 2019 17 Oct, 2019
Psoriasis Tied to Increased Cancer Risk (both associated with Low Vitamin d) - Oct 2019 16 Oct, 2019
Increased risk of various cancers if poor vitamin D genes (Binding Protein and CYP27B1) - Sept 2019 25 Sep, 2019
Gastrointestinal Cancers - mostly positive Vitamin D studies – May 2019 21 Sep, 2019
Breast Cancer 3X more likely if low vitamin D (Principal Component Analysis) – Sept 2019 18 Sep, 2019
Vitamin D Supplements Reduce Cancer Mortality – Greger Sept 2019 10 Sep, 2019
Breast Cancer chemo reduces Bone Mineral Density, injecting Vitamin D increases it – Sept 2019 07 Sep, 2019
Colorectal Cancer risk increases when genes reduce the vitamin D levels – Aug 2019 23 Aug, 2019
High levels of Vitamin D and low rates of skin cancer among commercial fishermen – July 2019 01 Aug, 2019
Thyroid Cancer 1.9 X more likely if poor gene to generate Vitamin D from the sun (DHCR7) – July 2019 31 Jul, 2019
Breast Cancer death 1.8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – April 2019 29 Jul, 2019
Breast Cancer death 1.8 X more likely if poor vitamin D Receptor – July 2019 29 Jul, 2019
Female Colon Cancer survivors had 74 percent increased risk of osteoporosis (perhaps low vitamin D) – July 2019 29 Jul, 2019
Vitamin D nanoemulsion etc. for fortification, pills, injections, topical and cancer – July 2019 18 Jul, 2019
Colon Cancer helped by modest Vitamin D (more needed) – July 2019 18 Jul, 2019
Vitamin D appears to fight Diabetes, MS, RA, Lupus, IBD, Hepatitis, Cancer, Psoriasis, Food allergy, etc – June 2019 17 Jul, 2019
Twice as likely to survive Colorectal Cancer if had good level of Vitamin D Binding Protein – July 2019 12 Jul, 2019
Prostate cancer 3X more likely to be lethal if both low vitamin D and poor Vitamin D Binding gene – March 2020 11 Jul, 2019
Review of Breast cancer prevention by Vitamin D, and other micronutrients– June 2019 10 Jul, 2019
Children with cancer were deficient in Vitamin D, Vitamin C, and Zinc – July 2019 10 Jul, 2019
Cancer with low Vitamin D increases Mortality by 13 percent – meta-analysis Feb 2019 05 Jul, 2019
People supplemented with Vitamin D had 13 percent fewer Cancer deaths – Meta-analysis of RCT June 2019 05 Jul, 2019
Vitamin D fights treatment-resistant cancers (petrie dish) – June 2019 19 Jun, 2019
Vitamin D (calcitriol) reduces ability of cancer cells from becoming drug resistant – June 2019 19 Jun, 2019
Multiple Myeloma (blood cell cancer) treated by vitamin D - many studies 14 Jun, 2019
Blood cell cancer is associated with a 3X worse Vitamin D Receptor – June 2019 14 Jun, 2019
Lung Cancer more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis June 2019 13 Jun, 2019
After breast cancer treatment 4,000 IU of Vitamin D was not enough to help if have poor Vitamin D receptor – June 2019 04 Jun, 2019
Women with diabetes 60 percent more likely to get Cancer (perhaps low vitamin D) – May 2019 16 May, 2019
CYP24A1 gene in cancer cells may actually remove vitamin D from the blood – Oct 2012 16 May, 2019
Cancer incidence and mortality is decreased if 40-60 ng of Vitamin D – April 2019 07 May, 2019
Variety of Vitamin D forms treat Prostate Cancer – RCT Review April 2019 01 May, 2019
Vitamin D does not treat colon cancer (when you only use 1,000 IU) – RCT April 2019 13 Apr, 2019
Vitamin D reduced Breast Cancer mortality in 9 out of 9 studies, yet still no consensus – April 2019 13 Apr, 2019
Good Vitamin D receptor reduced bladder cancer and cisplatin deaths – April 2019 11 Apr, 2019
Digestive tract cancer death rates reduced a bit by a bit of vitamin D – RCT April 2019 10 Apr, 2019
Advanced Colorectal Cancer survival is increased somewhat with 4,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT April 2019 10 Apr, 2019
Asian men often smoke then die of lung cancer (if you must smoke, take Vitamin D) – meta-analysis March 2019 09 Apr, 2019
A poor Vitamin D Receptor is associated with many cancers (oral cancer in this case) – Jan 2019 26 Mar, 2019
Pancreatic cancer risk of death reduced 19 percent by Vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2017 20 Mar, 2019
Colon Cancer 30 percent higher risk if low vitamin D (optimally need ~40 ng) – Feb 2019 20 Mar, 2019
Breast Cancer and Vitamin D review – March 2018 17 Mar, 2019
Overview of Vitamin D Actions in Cancer – 31 page chapter in a book – 2018 15 Mar, 2019
Increased incidence of 7 cancers if live far from equator (if not take vitamin D) – March 2019 14 Mar, 2019
Liver Cancer 3X more likely if low Vitamin D – Feb 2019 21 Feb, 2019
Women with Breast Cancer were 16.9 times more likely to have a poor Vitamin D Receptor – Jan 2019 11 Feb, 2019
Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk - Why Scientists Accept It but Physicians Do Not - Feb 2019 06 Feb, 2019
Rates of some newly diagnosed Cancers increased with higher Vitamin D (217,000 Danes) – Jan 2019 08 Jan, 2019
Women worried about breast cancer seem to be taking vitamin D – Jan 2019 05 Jan, 2019
Risks of Colorectal Cancer, IBD, etc slightly increased if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018 09 Dec, 2018
Cancer patients 64% less likely to die if have high level of vitamin D – Dec 2011 26 Nov, 2018
Death from Colon Cancer 8 X less likely if good level of vitamin D – Nov 2018 25 Nov, 2018
Vitamin D and Omega-3 Ineffective for Preventing Cancer and Heart Disease (too little was used) – Nov 2018 21 Nov, 2018
Better Cancer survival if higher vitamin D a decade earlier (esp. Melanoma, Kidney, Prostate)– Aug 2018 20 Nov, 2018
Ovarian Cancer risk reduced if higher vitamin D, more UVB, or better vitamin D receptor – Nov 2018 10 Nov, 2018
Pancreatic Cancer trials using Vitamin D and viral therapy – Nov 2018 05 Nov, 2018
Cancer treatment by Vitamin D sometimes is restricted by genes – Oct 2018 01 Nov, 2018
Low vitamin D at ICU admission is associated with cancer, infections, acute respiratory insufficiency and liver failure – Oct 2018 27 Oct, 2018
Breast cancer 36 percent less likely for each 4 ng increase in vitamin D – Sept 2018 15 Oct, 2018
Overview Lung cancer and vitamin D 14 Oct, 2018
16 percent less Prostate Cancer sometimes for each 10 ng vitamin D increase - meta-analysis Jan 2011 13 Oct, 2018
Birth weight more than 9.9 lbs increases risk of breast cancer by 1.5 (wonder about Vitamin D) – Oct 2018 13 Oct, 2018
Brain cancer in 175 countries related to low UVB and low vitamin D – Oct 2010 03 Oct, 2018
Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer lowers Vitamin D levels – Oct 2018 25 Sep, 2018
Colorectal cancer far less deadly if few lymph cells and Vitamin D is high – Nov 2018 24 Sep, 2018
Head and Neck cancer associated with low vitamin D, adding Vitamin D to cancer cells looks promising – July 2018 20 Sep, 2018
Esophageal Cancer surgery helped by 300,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2018 18 Sep, 2018
Lung Cancer risk decreased 2.4 percent with every 100 IU Vitamin D extra intake – meta-analysis Sept 2018 15 Sep, 2018
Vitamin D reduces the risk of Breast Cancer, improves treatment, and improves survival 10 Sep, 2018
Lung cancer treated by Vitamin D (1200 IU early stage) – RCT July 2018 04 Sep, 2018
Vitamin D prevents breast cancer, reduces BC mortality, and reduces BC chemotherapy problems – Sept 2018 21 Aug, 2018
How active vitamin D (Calcitriol) deals with cancer – June 2015 16 Aug, 2018
Active Vitamin D level should not be used for Prospective Studies of Cancer – Aug 2018 16 Aug, 2018
Pancreatic Cancer – live a year longer if have high vitamin D and good Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018 15 Aug, 2018
Colorectal cancer 60 percent less likely if have more than 50 ng of vitamin D (vs 5 ng) – meta-analysis April 2017 09 Aug, 2018
Chemotheraphy not work as well with low Vitamin D (colon cancer this time) – Aug 2018 09 Aug, 2018
Endometriosis, Endometrial Cancer, and poor Vitamin D or Receptor – Aug 2018 08 Aug, 2018
Esophageal Cancer 40 percent less likely in parts of UK with more sun (vitamin D) – Feb 2018 01 Aug, 2018
Diagnosed with breast cancer – take vitamin D to cut chance of death by half – July 2018 25 Jul, 2018
Pancreatic Cancer is increasing – Vitamin D and Omega-3 should reduce the risk 23 Jul, 2018
Breast Cancer treatment outcome might be predictable from Vitamin D test results – trial 2024 20 Jul, 2018
Colorectal cancer is associated with Vitamin D (17 meta-analyses so far) – July 2018 18 Jul, 2018
Female colorectal cancer 19 percent less likely for each additional 10 ng of vitamin D (17 studies) – June 2018 18 Jul, 2018
Breast Cancer 80 percent less likely if high level of vitamin D – June 2018 17 Jul, 2018
Risk of colon cancer increases in mice with no Vitamin D receptor in colon - July 2018 07 Jul, 2018
Mechanisms of action of vitamin D in colon cancer – July 2018 04 Jul, 2018
The Anti-cancer Actions of Vitamin D – Jan 2013 29 Jun, 2018
Both Vitamin D and Vitamin C fight cancers and aid anticancer drugs – May 2018 29 Jun, 2018
Lung cancer and inhaled emulsions (wonder about inhaled Vitamin D) – 2018 17 Jun, 2018
Live longer with lung cancer if have good vitamin D genes (or perhaps lots of vitamin D) – Dec 2017 17 Jun, 2018
Active vitamin D appears to treat cancer – more studies needed – June 2018 17 Jun, 2018
Vitamin D receptor is essential for both normal and cancerous cells in the lab – June 2018 16 Jun, 2018
Liposomal Vitamin D cocktail targets some lung cancers – June 2018 16 Jun, 2018
Vitamin D Receptor Signaling and Cancer – Dec 2017 16 Jun, 2018
Pancreatic Cancer stabilized by a woman taking 50,000 IU of vitamin D daily - 2016 03 Jun, 2018
Thyroid Cancer 1.3X higher risk if low vitamin D (yet again) – meta-analysis June 2018 02 Jun, 2018
Most triple negative Breast Cancers are associated with low vitamin D – May 2018 27 May, 2018
Recurrence of head and neck cancer reduced by half in those getting more vitamin D (in food) – May 2018 15 May, 2018
Half of dogs now get cancer, it used to be just 1 percent (probably low Vitamin D) 08 May, 2018
Smokers 1.9 X more likely to get liver cancer if low vitamin D – May 2018 04 May, 2018
Blacks are more obese, have lower Vitamin D, and have more Cancer etc. than whites – Feb 2018 03 May, 2018
Hypothesis: Blacks get more cancer than whites due to lower levels of vitamin D – June 2012 03 May, 2018
Liver cancer nicely treated by high dose vitamin D for 16 weeks (early stage, in rats) – April 2018 23 Apr, 2018
Liver cancer half as likely if high level of vitamin D – Feb 2014 23 Apr, 2018
Liver, Liver Cancer, and Vitamin D – Feb 2018 23 Apr, 2018
Muscle pain (Low Magnesium) plus Low Vitamin D associated with 10X more Cancer, etc (San Francisco) – Aug 2017 13 Apr, 2018
Cancer not treated by Vitamin D when ignore dose size, type, and length of trial – meta-analysis April 2018 09 Apr, 2018
Fewer Breast Cancer deaths if more muscle (probably due to less fat, more Vitamin D) – April 2018 07 Apr, 2018
Lung Cancer and Vitamin D – no consensus over 20 prospective studies – April 2018 05 Apr, 2018
Colon Cancer survival increased by MEG3 (MEG3 is increased by Vitamin D in lab) – 2018 31 Mar, 2018
Pancreatic cancer risk reduced 25 percent by just 10 micrograms of Vitamin D or Vitamin B12 – meta-analysis March 2018 30 Mar, 2018
Active Vitamin D reduces Ovarian Cancer stem cells growth by 4X (via Vitamin D receptor in lab rat) – March 2018 28 Mar, 2018
Breast Cancer far more likely in the sister having poor Vitamin D binding protein or poor CYP2R1 gene – March 2018 18 Mar, 2018
Two chemicals increase the Vitamin D receptor and decrease the growth of breast cancer cells in the lab - March 2018 17 Mar, 2018
Breast and Liver Cancers statistically associated with low vitamin D (Japan) – March 2018 08 Mar, 2018
Lymphoid Cancer – 2.9 X more likely to die if low vitamin D – March 2018 08 Mar, 2018
Prostate cancer risk reduced 10 percent for each 10 ng increase in Vitamin D – meta-analysis Jan 2018 23 Feb, 2018
Breast Cancer survivors in Switzerland take Vitamin D (but often not enough) – Jan 2018 30 Jan, 2018
Evidence that Vitamin D prevents Cancer – Grant Feb 2018 29 Jan, 2018
Oral Contraceptives (which increase Vitamin D) reduce the risk of some cancers – Jan 2018 19 Jan, 2018
Prostate cancer risk increase with Vitamin D (other studies disagree) – meta-analysis Jan 2018 11 Jan, 2018
Following breast cancer 100K IU Vitamin D doses twice a month helped a lot – RCT July 2016 31 Dec, 2017
Lung Cancer death 60 percent less likely if high level of vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2017 29 Dec, 2017
Lung Cancer death 60 percent less likely if high level of vitamin D – 2 meta-analysis 2017 29 Dec, 2017
Breast Cancer prevented by Vitamin D (most studies concur) – Dec 2017 23 Dec, 2017
Breast Cancer chemotherapy 2.7 X less likely to work if low vitamin D – Dec 2017 22 Dec, 2017
Vitamin D gene (CYP24A1) changes decrease breast and pancreatic cancers – meta-analysis Nov 2017 20 Dec, 2017
Ovarian Cancer in Asia is 1.5 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2017 14 Dec, 2017
Breast Cancer Chemotherapy initially decreases vitamin D levels – May 2012 13 Dec, 2017
Breast Cancer chemotherapy 2.7 X more likely to be successful if not vitamin D deficient – Dec 2017 13 Dec, 2017
Cancer treatment helped by Vitamin D, C, and E – Book 2017 07 Dec, 2017
Bone fractures 2.8 X more likely among cancer survivors (perhaps low vitamin D) – Dec 2017 05 Dec, 2017
Prostate Cancer might be treated by 4,000 IU of vitamin D and aspirin – RCT 2021 28 Nov, 2017
Prostate Cancer risk in black men increased 2X having poor Vitamin D Binding Protein – July 2017 20 Nov, 2017
Triple-negative Breast Cancer treatment aided by Vitamin D – May 2016 10 Nov, 2017
Perhaps most, but not all, types of Breast Cancer are helped by Vitamin D – March 2017 10 Nov, 2017
Pancreatic cancer 55 percent less likely if optimal vitamin D (vs low) – Nov 2017 09 Nov, 2017
Sore mouth due to cancer therapy (oral mucositis) substantially reduced by daily 1,000 IU of vitamin D – June 2017 06 Nov, 2017
Lymphoid cancer deaths cut in half with 400 IU of vitamin D and 1 gram of Calcium (WHI) – RCT Nov 2017 04 Nov, 2017
Triple-negative breast cancer is 3X more frequent if less than 32 ng of vitamin D – March 2012 01 Nov, 2017
Breast cancer in blacks – 5X increased risk of triple negative if low vitamin D – Oct 2017 01 Nov, 2017
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer 2X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Oct 2017 19 Oct, 2017
Pancreatic cancer risk of death reduced 21 percent by Vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2017 04 Oct, 2017
Cancer and the Vitamin D Receptor, a primer – Sept 2017 01 Oct, 2017
Prostate Cancer treatment (Vitamin D, Omega-3, Tumeric) RCT ending Dec 2018 26 Sep, 2017
Dogs with Cancer have low vitamin D, same as humans – Sept 2017 24 Sep, 2017
Less Lung Cancer if take more than 800 IU of vitamin D and never smoke or low vitamin A – Oct 2013 14 Sep, 2017
Breast Cancer inhibited by Vitamin D and Calcitriol – mouse studies provide insight – Aug 2015 12 Sep, 2017
Palliative cancer benefit of 4,000 IU of Vitamin D – less opioids, infection, and CRP – Aug 2017 01 Sep, 2017
Thyroid Cancer rate has increased 3X in 3 decades, Vitamin D Receptor decreases, Calcium increases – Aug 2017 26 Aug, 2017
Advanced Colon Cancer risk is doubled or halved with 1000 IU of Vitamin D, depends on Vitamin D Receptors – RCT May 2017 19 Aug, 2017
After 30 years it still appears that vitamin D deals with colorectal cancer – Oct 2012 19 Aug, 2017
Cancer risks and Vitamin D Receptors – association is unclear – 2017 19 Aug, 2017
Breast Cancer 7.8 times more likely if Vitamin D less than 20 ng (100 women) – May 2017 17 Aug, 2017
Vitamin D might stop colon cancer metastasis to liver cancer – Aug 2017 13 Aug, 2017
Increased Breast Cancer metastasis if low vitamin D or poor VDR – Feb 2016 09 Aug, 2017
Liver cancer incidence probably reduced by Vitamin D and Vitamin K – July 2017 03 Aug, 2017
Bone loss (following gastric cancer) reduced by 16,000 IU of vitamin D every 10 days – Aug 2017 03 Aug, 2017
Colon Cancer survival 3.1 X less likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2017 02 Aug, 2017
Lung Cancer patients were 2.4 times more likely to have a poor Vitamin D Receptor gene – July 2017 27 Jul, 2017
Pancreatic Cancer massively deregulates the local Vitamin D receptors and CPY24A1 – July 2014 25 Jul, 2017
Low vitamin D associated with dense breasts, which are associated with breast cancer – April 2012 18 Jul, 2017
Breast Density and Cancer not reduced by Vitamin D (only used 3,000 IU) - RCT July 2017 18 Jul, 2017
Cancer Chemotherapy and vitamin D – Review March 2013 14 Jul, 2017


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