A new study conducted by researchers from Boston University, USA, showed that vitamin D supplementation enhances survival by more than 2.5 times for patients with gastrointestinal cancers, including colorectal cancer.
The results of the study, published yesterday (Tuesday), in the journal “Jama Network Open”, concluded that there is a large body of clinical studies and scientific evidence that concludes that taking vitamin D supplements is an effective strategy for improving survival outcomes for people with many diseases. crabs.
In this context, says Dr. Michael F. Holick, professor of medicine and pharmacology at Boston University School of Medicine, “we now know that there are a variety of variables that can influence how vitamin D prevents cancer.”
He explains, in a statement: “Maintaining a normal weight and taking vitamin D improves your ability to survive cancer. Other factors include the genetic makeup of the patient and how the patient uses and breaks down this vitamin in the body.”
According to the study, the p53 gene produces the p53 protein to prevent cells from becoming malignant. The cancer cleverly mutates this gene, so that the mutated p53 protein helps the cancer to grow and become immune to treatment.
The results revealed that patients whose immune system is on high alert, producing antibodies to control the production and release of the mutated p53 protein, were more than 2.5 times more likely to improve their chances of surviving cancer if they took 2,000 IU daily of vitamin D. Compared to patients who had antibodies but did not take vitamin D supplements.
For more than 100 years, a lack of sunlight and vitamin D was thought to be linked to the risk of many deadly types of cancer, including colorectal, prostate and breast. But some scientists remain skeptical that these nutrients provide any benefit for reducing cancer risk and mortality.
Holick believes that future studies should include not only many of the variables mentioned above, but also the measurement of p53 antibodies in blood and the immunohistochemical presence of p53 in cancerous tissues.
And he adds, “It is well-reliable that vitamin D should be taken at least 2,000 international units per day, which is an amount that cannot be achieved from diet alone,” explaining that you cannot get enough of it through exposure to sunlight, except If more than 20 percent of your body is exposed to it, roughly, daily.
2023-08-24 12:03:12
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