Vitamin D Deficiency Diagnosed

Breast cancer patients who have a vitamin D deficiency when they are diagnosed are more likely to suffer a cancer recurrence or die from the disease, a new study has found. The study followed 512 newly-diagnosed patients for twelve years. Women whose vitamin D levels were in the "deficient" range (lowest level) were twice as likely to see a breast cancer recurrence as women whose level was in the "optimal" (highest level) range. And the risk of dying of cancer was 75 percent higher in the group ... Read more »