Taking calcium with vitamin D may reduce the risk of melanoma in half for some women, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Scientists from the American Stanford University used in their analysis data from the large-scale clinical trials of the Women’s Health Initiative, in which 36 people participated. women aged 50 to 79.
Researchers focused on a group of women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer (such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma) who were at higher risk of developing a life-threatening form of cancer.
It found that the women in the study group who took daily supplements containing 1000 mg of calcium and a relatively low dose of vitamin D (400 units) had a 57% risk of melanoma. lower compared to the control group. However, as noted by the author of the study, Dr. Jean Tang, the tandem of supplements did not give similar results in women who had not previously suffered from non-melanoma neoplasms.
Although the men were not represented in the studies, scientists suspect that the effects of the supplements should be analogous for them. Earlier research by Dr. Tang found that vitamin D blood levels were associated with the risk of skin cancer in older men.
Vitamin D and calcium correspond to, inter alia, It is responsible for the formation and density of bones, as well as controlling the speed with which the processes of cell replication proceed, which is important in the case of cancer development. Reports of many scientific and research units indicate that vitamin D reduces the risk of, among others, breast, colon and prostate cancer (PAP)