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Better survival of many cancers if higher level of vitamin D - June 2020


Vitamin D and Cancer Survival: Does Vitamin D Supplementation Improve the Survival of Patients with Cancer?

Curr Oncol Rep 22, 62 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-020-00929-4
Taisuke Akutsu, Hikaru Kitamura, Shoko Himeiwa, Shinto Kitada, Tatsuya Akasu & Mitsuyoshi Urashima

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Purpose of Review
Clinical evidence suggesting the beneficial effects of vitamin D on survival of patients with cancer has been accumulating. Recent articles were thoroughly reviewed to determine if there is enough evidence to conclude that vitamin D supplementation improves survival of patients with cancer.

Recent Findings
Meta-analyses of observational studies showed that higher blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with cancer at a variety of sites were associated with lower cancer-specific and overall mortalities. Moreover, meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) also suggested that vitamin D supplementation improved the survival of patients with cancer. However, each RCT used in these meta-analyses, as well as very recent RCTs, e.g., the SUNSHINE and the AMATERASU trial, did not show statistical significance in the primary results.

Summary
For now, compelling evidence that vitamin D supplementation effectively improves survival of patients with cancer is lacking. Thus, confirmatory RCTs are still obligatory for the future.
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Vitamin D Life – Cancer - After diagnosis category contains:

  • Most cancers reduce vitamin D levels
  • Most cancer treatments (chemo, radiation) further lower Vitamin D
  • Higher levels of vitamin D minimize many side-effects of cancer therapy
  • High levels of vitamin D augment many chemotherapies
  • High levels of vitamin D augment cancer immunotherapies
  • High levels of vitamin D can kill some cancer cells 1,720 items 12/2023
  • Some cancers deactivate the vitamin D receptor

Example Vitamin D Life Studies

Breast Cancer


Vitamin D also PREVENTS many cancers

Cancer category contains:


Cancers get less Vitamin D when there is a poor Vitamin D Receptor


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