Breast Cancer Suffering Women Present Low Levels of Vitamin D
A team of researchers from the Medical Center of the University of Rochester states that women who suffer from breast cancer must take large doses of D vitamin. As a great number of them are prone to have low levels of vitamin D in their body and being well known the fact that this supplement aids in bone mass development, the lack of the vitamin would lead to fractures and other bone related problems. In addition, it seems that women suffering from breast cancer in advanced stages and non-Caucasian females suffered from lower levels of vitamin D in their organisms.
The study focusing on this theme was released on the 8th of October this year in San Francisco at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Breast Cancer Symposium.
The research focused on a sample of 166 females that were under therapy against breast tumors. It was discovered that almost 70% of the women suffered from a deficiency of vitamin D according to blood tests.
As Luke Peppone from the department of Radiation Oncology at the Rochester’s James P. Wilmot Cancer Center states, this supplement is a key agent in improving and keeping the bone mass at a healthy level and females suffering from breast tumors encounter an aggressive loss of the bone mass due the various treatments and chemo against the malign illness. The researcher advises both women and medical doctors to collaborate and have a good understanding of the fact that the female needs to take high doses of vitamin D to prevent eventual fractures.
The National Cancer Institute financed the study of the researchers in order for them to examine the levels of vitamin D in the blood of every female. It was established that the mean level of vitamin D was 27 nanograms per milliliter, meaning than over two thirds of the females suffered from low levels of this supplement. The investigators gave each woman a weekly dose of the vitamin of about 50,000 units and it their supplement level grew.
For those who do not know, the United States Institute of Medicine recommends a level of almost 32 nanograms per milliliter of vitamin D in the body. This is rather logical because, as the team of scientists state older researches proved that almost a half of the total number of both men and women suffer from vitamin D deficiency, their blood testing uncovering levels under the 32 naongrams per milliliter recommended value.
The D vitamin can be acquired by the organism through milk and fortified cereals consumption and by exposure to the natural light of the sun. This food supplement represents a key agent in cellular development, enhances the immune properties of the human body and makes the bones more powerful.
People suffering from low levels of vitamin D present muscular pain, low bone mass which may trigger fractures, are not very energetic and are tired and have problems with their immune system. Moreover, they present depressions and strange mood changes, have problems with sleeping. All of the above symptoms are present in females that suffer from breast tumors and are under therapy.
