Vitamin D Shrinks Breast Cancer Cells: Study

(ABC News) UPDATED 2010-02-22

A new study suggests that vitamin D may be as good at shrinking and killing breast cancer cells as the drug Tamoxifen. In an animal study, researchers found that a potent form of vitamin D shrank tumors by more than 50 percent. Experts say the results are encouraging because low vitamin D has been linked to cancer, asthma, and many other diseases, but they say that further studies in humans are needed. Read full story >

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Vitamin D Shrinks Breast Cancer Cells: Study

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