— the"sunshine vitamin" — at the time of their diagnosis have better long-term outcomes, a new study finds.
The study also found that Black women had the lowest vitamin D levels, which might help explain their generally poorer outcomes after aThe findings were presented at the recent virtual annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. "This may be an opportunity for an important intervention in breast cancer outcomes for all women, but particularly in the Black population," she said.
The team also found that the association between vitamin D levels and breast cancer outcomes was similar regardless of the tumor's estrogen receptor status. The association appeared somewhat stronger among lower-weight patients and those diagnosed with more advanced breast cancers.
Would be interesting to know if they have done similar studies with retinol?... Or looked deeper into the ratio of retinol versus D-vitamin 🤔 The two vitamins works closely together in the body, so it would be interesting to know, if there is more to this...