Vitamin D can prolong the life of people with cancer: study

June 8, 2019 – 1:01 pm

PanARMENIAN.Net – Take Vitamin D can prolong the lives of people who develop CancerMedicl News Today reports based on a recent badysis of clinical trials.

Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing badyzed data from randomized controlled trials comparing people taking vitamin D supplements with those taking placebo for at least 3 years.

They included only trials of using vitamin D supplements to prevent disease after a minimum 4-year follow-up and the incidence of cancer and cancer-related deaths.

In total, the badysis covered 10 trials involving 79,055 participants. Their average age was 68 years and 78% of them were women.

The team discovered a significant link between the use of vitamin D supplements and a reduced risk of cancer death during the follow-up period.

The badysis showed that the risk of cancer deaths was 13% lower in people who took vitamin D supplements than those who took a placebo during the same period.

However, there was no significant badociation between the use of vitamin D and cancer prevention.

The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, IL on June 3, 2019.

A recent supplement of the ASCO Journal of Clinical Oncology also includes a summary of the study.

"The difference in death rates between the vitamin D and placebo groups was statistically significant enough to show how important it could be for the cancer population," says Tarek Haykal, Resident Physician for Internal Medicine at the MSU. , and one of the authors of the study. principal authors.