A major international study linking vitamin D and colorectal cancer

Saqr News A large team of scientists (from the Chan School of Public Health, the National Institute of Medicine and the Ministry of Health, Cancer in the United States and more than 20 other companies and medical centers) have been studied They found that increasing vitamin D levels is closely related to a lower risk of colorectal cancer.

This study supports previous evidence that has been considered inconclusive about the relationship of vitamin D to this type of cancer.

Optimal vitamin D concentrations for colon and rectal cancer may be higher than those recommended by the National Academy of Medicine, which is based solely on bone health.

(This study appeared online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute).

Vitamin D, known for its role in the maintenance of bone health, is believed to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by many pathways related to cell regulation and growth.

Previous studies have shown unequal results as to whether high concentrations of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D rolling lead to a reduction in the incidence of colorectal cancer or not.

Few randomized clinical trials on vitamin supplements and rectal colorectal cancer showed no effect, but study size, duration of supplements and response may have contributed to his false results. "To address inconsistencies in previous vitamin D studies and to verify vitamin-related data binding, we analyzed data collected from 17 groups prior to the diagnosis of colorectal cancer," said Stephanie Smith, an epidemiologist with Harvard University. Expected, and the use of standards in all studies ".

The study involved the analysis of more than 5,700 cases of rectal colon cancer and 7,100 cases as a control group in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

A widely used laboratory test was used for new measurements of vitamin D. "In the past, fundamental differences in vitamin D parameters have made it difficult to integrate vitamin D data from from different studies, "said Regina Regler, Ph.D., epidemiologist at the National Institute of Oncology. The calibration of systemic risk detection is systematically around vitamin D levels.

The study showed that vitamin concentrations adequate for bone health were associated with a rate of 80%. infection was 30% higher and the highest concentrations were associated with a risk of infection of less than 22%. The level of association between higher vitamin levels and a lower risk of infection in women was higher than that of men!

Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer, and the third causes deaths among both men and women in the United States with approximately 140,250 new cases and 50,630 deaths expected in 2018.

L & # Epidemiology at the American Cancer Society and one of the study participants: "Currently, the health agency does not recommend vitamin D for the prevention of colorectal cancers."

"This study has provided new information that agencies can use when examining evidence to guide vitamin D, and suggests that recommended bone health concentrations may be less than ideal for the prevention of this type of cancer ".

Vitamin D can be obtained in diet, supplements and sun exposure, but experts recommend vitamin D through a diet because too much UV exposure is one of the factors that cause cancer. So, skin, you should be careful.

• Translation: Mohammad Ghazi.
• Verification: Drakbani visions.
• Editing: Suha Yazji.
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