Benefits of Vitamin D Fighting Breast Cancer

More than 43,000 Quebecers call for modernized breast cancer screening

A petition launched by the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation (QBCF) urging the government to modernize the province’s breast cancer screening program has surpassed 43,000 signatures, highlighting growing public support for earlier, more personalized screening. Currently, the Quebec Breast Cancer Screening Program is only available to women aged 50 to 74. However, nearly 16 per cent […]

Low-dose vitamin D supplements can increase effectiveness of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

A study conducted at the Botucatu School of Medicine at São Paulo State University (FMB-UNESP) in Brazil has shown that low-dose vitamin D supplementation can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment in women with breast cancer.

Benefits of Vitamin D fighting breast cancer

For Thursday, June 12, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including: More Coverage: WGN's Medical Watch Benefits of Vitamin D fighting breast cancer — and more An added bonus from taking Vitamin D? It could help fight cancer Vitamin D increases the likelihood that breast cancer treatment will work.  Researchers at São Paulo State University studied breast cancer patients older than 45.  They discovered, those who too…

Vitamin D can increase likelihood that breast cancer will disappear with chemotherapy

A study conducted at the Botucatu School of Medicine at São Paulo State University (FMB-UNESP) in Brazil has shown that low-dose vitamin D supplementation can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment in women with breast cancer. The results suggest that the substance could be an alternative to hard-to-access drugs that also aim to increase the response to chemotherapy.

Study Shows High-Dose Vitamin D Boosts Treatment Response in Breast Cancer

Vitamin D could offer an alternative option over hard-to-access and burdensome cancer drugs to heighten the response of chemotherapy.

Modifiers of the Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The inconsistent findings concerning the effects of vitamin D supplementation on cardiometabolic risk factors and the large heterogeneity in the publi…