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Posted on 10/03/2011 11:45:22 AM PDT by decimon
Predicts advanced disease
Miami Beach, Fla., October 2, 2011 – More than three-quarters of cancer patients have insufficient levels of vitamin D (25-hydroxy-vitamin D) and the lowest levels are associated with more advanced cancer, according to a study presented on October 2, 2011, at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
"Until recently, studies have not investigated whether vitamin D has an impact on the prognosis or course of cancer. Researchers are just starting to examine how vitamin D may impact specific features of cancer, such as the stage or extent of tumor spread, prognosis, recurrence or relapse of disease, and even sub-types of cancer," Thomas Churilla, lead author of the study and a medical student at the Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pa., said.
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Patients who were found to be vitamin D deficient were administered replacement therapy, increasing serum D levels by an average of 14.9 ng/mL. Investigators will be analyzing if vitamin D supplementation had an impact on aspects of treatment or survival in the long-term.
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It makes total sense to me. Thank you, Will88! (one of the cancers listed in the article is the type he died from)
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My husband was just diagnosed with prostate cancer last week. He’s been a vegan for the past few years, and his cholesterol is very low. I think that his vitamin D levels may be low. He doesn’t get outside enough, and we live in N. California.
My daughter is low on vitamin D due to anti-seizure medication. It’s been difficult to get her levels up to normal. Low vitamin D causes all sorts of problems.
My husband was just diagnosed with prostate cancer last week. He’s been a vegan for the past few years, and his cholesterol is very low. I think that his vitamin D levels may be low. He doesn’t get outside enough, and we live in N. California.
My daughter is low on vitamin D due to anti-seizure medication. It’s been difficult to get her levels up to normal. Low vitamin D causes all sorts of problems.
I've long believed that when the body craves certain foods or substances, that the food or substance will be very beneficial or very detrimental.
I'd bet, except for the proverbial sweet tooth, that most cravings for specific foods are for something the body needs.
Melanoma skin cancer IS higher among the sunlight/ vitamin D deficient.
Melanoma skin cancer IS higher among the sunlight/ vitamin D deficient.
Actually, this is due to the growing awareness of the detrimental impact of Vit D insufficiency compounded by the scare mongering of the dermatologists and the varying bioavailability of VitD supplements.
Stop depending on eating processed Vit D - cancer patients should be tanned/mildly sunburned all the time.
/end rant
Maybe they are on to something, but I'd like to see all the controls.
Melanoma skin cancer IS higher among the sunlight/ vitamin D deficient.
Likely your new doctors have a higher standard for the vitamin D level you require?
Gotta have it! ;-)
Do you think you could explain in more detail your experience. I ask because my dad was diagnosed with a rare form of melanoma called desmal plastic, eight years ago. He actually went into remission with an oral chemo called Timadar. Three weeks after that he developed another cancer call Merkel Cell which is another deadly and extremely aggressive and fast growning skin cancer. Regular IV chemo did nothing. He will be starting a clinicl trial that might hold it at bay but there are no promises since this is a rare form of cancer.
We have been praying like crazy for a miracle. If this trial doesn’t work, I hope that there may be another one for him to try.
He is wary about the vitamin regimine because he only wants to take exactly what his doctors say are okay for hin to take.
That’s probably why Maine has such a high cancer rate. Maine is “a place where the sun don’t shine”.
Yes, they call that "Radiation therapy"....with the nefarious Liner Accelerator.
I have been taking Vitamin D3 for about a week now after reading another FR thread .. The power Of (Vitamin) D
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2783585/posts?q=1&;page=51
I am taking 1000iu twice a day (2000iu daily)
Thoughts on how much someone should be taking??
That was a good post. The article was a good synopsis of what's going on with vitamin D.
I am taking 1000iu twice a day (2000iu daily)
Thoughts on how much someone should be taking??
I can't make recommendations.
If I'm up to date then Dr. Holick is a 2,000IU a day man and Dr. Cannell a 5,000IU a day man. There are too many variables for any blanket recommendation so everyone recommends a blood test to determine need.
I’ve been in the Cannell (and Rheinhold Vieth) camp of 5,000-10,000 i.u./day for a couple of years (when I don’t get 30 minutes of sun - hoping to forestall prostate cancer recurrence). Latest (25-OH D) blood test = 75 ng/mL. Some (not many, mainly in Europe) MD’s/ND’s recommend an upper limit of 200 ng/mL while most are saying 50/100 is best for optimal health.
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