Vitamin D Hope in Prostate Cancer

Vitamin D is an effective treatment for prostate cancer in some patients, a UK study suggests. A once daily dose reduced PSA level – an indicator of severity of disease – by as much as half in 20% of patients. There has been much interest in vitamin D in prostate cancer after studies linking risk of the disease to sunlight exposure, the researchers said. One expert agreed the findings were encouraging but said it needed to be tested in a bigger population. The trial – results of which are due to be published in the journal BJU International – was … Continue reading Vitamin D Hope in Prostate Cancer