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Breast Cancer
Vitamin D studied as agent for reduction of breast cancer risk
September 22nd, 2005
Vitamin D was studied as a possible agent for the reduction of breast cancer risk. "Several lines of evidence suggest that vitamin D may reduce incidence of breast cancer, but few epidemiologic studies have addressed the relation of plasma vitamin D metabolites to the risk of this disease." Researchers in the United States "prospectively examined the relationship between plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2 D] and risk of breast cancer in a case-control study nested within the Nurses' Health Study cohort." "Blood samples were collected from study participants in 1989-1990," wrote E.R....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-22)
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