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Vitamin D Helps Against Lung Cancer

BY: VITALITY COUNCIL / 02-05-05 09:20



Vitamin D looks more and more like a sharp weapon against cancer. An American study points towards high Vitamin D status being a great advantage, if you have lung cancer.

 
References:
1. American Association for Cancer Research. Press Release 18 April 2005.
2. Trump DL et al.  Anti-tumor activity of calcitriol: pre-clinical and clinical studies. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2004 May;89-90(1-5):519-26.
3. Nakagawa K et al.  22-oxa-1{alpha},25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits metastasis and angiogenesis in lung cancer. Carcinogenesis. 2005 Feb 17;[Epub ahead of print].
 

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